Woolworths no longer has nationwide pricing?

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  spackbace on 25/01/2016 - 15:11

  +1

  Obviously fruit and veg is likely to differ between states, with different suppliers etc

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    [Deactivated] on 25/01/2016 - 15:15

    There are a lot more though, like Mount Franklin 2 for $3, but it is save $2.10 in Victoria and save $2.30 in New South Wales.

    I think one can bring up the different catalogues at 5 PM today.

    In fact I should check this week's current catalogue.

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      [Deactivated] on 25/01/2016 - 15:21

      Very interesting. I mentioned below that one discrepancy might be a typo but if there is a pattern then there probably are price differences. I'll check a couple of the catalogues for regional and capital cities later in the day.

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  [Deactivated] on 25/01/2016 - 15:15

  Very interesting observations. The Up and Go one is interesting, although it could be a misprint. I'll let you know later in the week what the standard price is for the Up and Go in Melbourne if you can check your NSW price.

  The fresh fruit and vegetables prices are always different. I don't think there is a normal retail price for most items, they vary a lot from month to month.

  My understanding is that the national price idea was based on retail price not special price or fresh food prices.

  I don't remember Woolworths announcing the policy. I only remember Aldi doing it at a time when they didn't have many stores. I used to go to an Aldi close to my work instead of close to home as the one close to work had cheaper prices. I was happy when they finally alligned all their prices on regular items.

  I used to hear about huge discrepancies with Coles stores within Melbourne. It usually depended on the demographic of the area plus how many Coles or other major supermarkets were in the area.

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  [Deactivated] on 25/01/2016 - 15:22

  For the old current catalogue.

  Santa Vittoria seems to be 10 cents cheaper in New South Wales with the regular price. Page 9.

  Page 10 Sakata save $1.24 in Victoria, whilst save $1.17 in New South Wales.

  I guess Victoria gets a discount on veggies to offset the fact their ordinary prices are more expensive? lol?

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  I think 10 cents a product different can mean a lot though over time as some of these products I buy even though they aren't on sale. Pg 17 Twinings Tea is up to 50 cents more expensive in Victoria… Pg 29 Caltrate $1 discrepency, but most people probably buy at a pharmacy. 50-70 cents on the broom and mop bucket page 32.

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  bonezAU on 25/01/2016 - 15:32

  As a point of interest, I just went to the Woolies website and added in a random selection of goods. Some examples were nappies, helga's bread, organic eggs, frozen baby peas, frozen mashed potato, 1kg of beef mince, a packet of meat pies, some chicken breasts etc.

  I then chose pick up, and entered various post codes all around the country and apart from a few of the particular items not being available at certain stores, all of the other prices remained exactly the same.

  I can understand fruit and veg, and even possibly meat being priced differently for locations, but other staple goods seem to be the same price everywhere. I don't know if Woolies online prices are identical to what's in the shop however…

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    [Deactivated] on 25/01/2016 - 15:39

    I just found the same thing, but upon more tinkering, I found that you need to checkout and change your suburb as something else to get this to work… i.e. 3053 v 2030

    Use the Mount Franklin Lightly Sparkling Lemon Water 1.25l as an example.

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    kipps on 25/01/2016 - 20:56

    " I don't know if Woolies online prices are identical to what's in the shop however…"

    They say online that the prices online match in-store, at least when I'm using a Qld postcode.

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  troy1976 on 25/01/2016 - 16:34

  Another variation in addition to fresh food is anything with a 10c deposit - South Australian pricing is almost always different on these to elsewhere but inconsistently so (eg some products increase by more than the number of 10c deposit items in a package, some less and sometimes no difference).

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  [Deactivated] on 25/01/2016 - 18:44

  Check the fine print on the bottom of page two of each of the catalogues (VIC and NSW).

  I think Woolworths are admitting here that they don't have uniform national pricing. What do you think?

  Haven't done any comparisons yet. Have to get back to other stuff now.

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  SimbaGirl on 25/01/2016 - 19:02

  +1

  It's not just fruit and veg where there's a price difference from state to state. For example:

  Homebrand Salted Butter 500g - $2.59 if you put in a Sydney postcode on the Woolies website, but it's $3 over here in Perth.

  Homebrand Unsalted Butter 250g - $1.39 for Sydney, $2.00 for Perth.

  Put in an Adelaide postcode and the prices change to $2.70 and $1.50 respectively.

  Seems to be a trend with the Homebrand products - Homebrand Grated Cheese (600g bag) - $5.57 in Sydney, $4.75 in Adelaide and $5.83 in Perth.

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  Davo1111 on 25/01/2016 - 19:23

  +1

  I dont think they ever had "australia wide" pricing, they had regional pricing…. usually state based + FNQ

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  fantafox on 25/01/2016 - 20:51

  +1

  Havent had it for a long time now

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    Donaldhump on 26/01/2016 - 00:32

    baked beans in woodridge r cheaper than my druit. rip off

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  camdman on 26/01/2016 - 10:46

  When I see someone post about a Coles or Woolies Special on some items (especially the 2L coke deals that is $2.00) we pay a few cents more in Tasmania because of the Bass Strait cause we can fee.