Oggy wrote:Looking in Tesco today the cost of beer is noticeably higher than it was during the Xmas offers - not sure they can be blamed (and it wasn't my fault either)
I think you will find it is not just the beer. I am convinced there is an awful lot of profiteering going on in supermarkets and elsewhere riding on alleged cost increases when really that is just a lame excuse to stick prices up far higher than inflation. Of course, no-one is pointing a gun at my head forcing me to buy these things, but when it is bread, milk, energy prices, and Lavazza coffee - especially the latter which is needed more than anything - then I do feel some sort of investigation is required to see if these costs are truly justified, especially when so many folk are genuinely struggling. If they are not justified, then the culprits should be named and shamed. Regulators should be far more pro-active. To me, most of them are simply window dressing.
All this talk of 'profiteering', 'naming and shaming' and price regulation is straight from the Socialist Workers' Party manifesto. Bravo Comrade!