2007-08-07 07:39:44 · 16 answers · asked by lostgirls2007 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
YES it was tesco's and it was for pommegranet
2007-08-07 07:59:49 · update #1
They are selling it it there for your convenience. They can charge whatever people are likely to pay.
2007-08-07 07:43:24 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Simple, and most of the answers have hit it spot on already.
The answer is 'supply and demand'. Basically, they know that people with more money than sense will buy it especially as pomegranates have received so much press in the last couple of years for being a 'super food'.
I'm not just an ignorant synic, I've worked in retail for the last few years (selling organic produce & fairtrade coffee).
Whatever business you are are in (and Tesco's are the most competetive business in the country) you buy things as cheaply as you can get them and sell them for the most money people are willing to pay.
In short we're to blame as the consumers because if we decided that they were only worth 50p each then trust me that is what they would cost tommorow.
2007-08-07 09:07:17 · answer #2 · answered by Scooby Snack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that you live in the U.K. everything is too expensive there.
here in Spain you just pick pomegranates off the trees, they are free.
As for melons they cost about 30 p. Don't get ripped off, complain.Tell them you only want to buy the fruit not the bloody shop.
Alternatively you could move to Spain, cheap housing, cheap food, and no rain for the past 5 months. Sound good?
2007-08-07 23:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by Brian H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos someone will buy it , if we all joined and stopped getting ripped off then the prices would come down but there is always them with more money than sense and we all pay for it in the end
2007-08-07 07:44:05 · answer #4 · answered by bigsexydug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was it wrapped in gold foil? Come to Spain, pomegranates grow wild here, but they are not quite ready yet, thats probably why they are so expensive.
2007-08-07 08:27:32 · answer #5 · answered by bettina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bet it was Tesco
2007-08-07 07:45:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What an odd choice of phrase!!! So by 'over £1.37' do you mean £1.38? Or what???
2007-08-07 07:47:52 · answer #7 · answered by eriverpipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If people are daft enough to pay it then the store is daft enough to charge it.
2007-08-07 08:07:57 · answer #8 · answered by focus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fruit is sold by the weight so it must be a big melon
2007-08-07 07:55:13 · answer #9 · answered by Snot Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends what the fruit was, I suppose!
2007-08-07 07:48:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋