Today to my dismay an event occured beyond all nightmares. An end of an era......
I was happily shopping in asda, minding my own business, pondering which biscuits to purchase with my limited budget. Of course jaffa cakes were my number 1 but i do like a second pack. I chose bourbons, a truly under appreciated biscuit with a lot to offer. I made my way quietly to my jaffa cakes and picked up a box of 36.
SHOCK HORROR
£1.75
I double taked, they were 99p last sunday, what is this? It besmirches my name and is a travesty of justice. Just weeks ago we were informed that they were rolled back to that price. Now of course I found them being cheaper than the 24 packs odd and the fact that they were cheaper than buying asda's own brand odd. However, I never expected an 75% increase in price overnight! I am shocked and appalled.
I have now been forced to lower myself to smart price - 12 for 30p ones, they are so cheap they come in a plastic wrapper, not even a box. These are jaffa cakes we are talking about, not some digestives trying to be cool with chocolate on top.
TO add further disappoint to my trip if that wasn't already enough, they didn't have my chicken microwavable sunday dinner. Nor did they have any asda ones except Welsh rarebit which I didn't fancy much after the jaffa cake fiasco. So I was stuck "upgrading" to the birdeye's "Succulent beef pieces" - the irony of this is that I don't even like beef much and it costs about 50pence more. The trip was further let down by a distinct lack of anything reduced (bar a rather nice looking sandwich I have purchase for the handsome sum of 49p from 199p) and the exceptionally slow thinking and moving people that my asda stored is blessed with.
I also took note that on the window they had a "quiet times" poster suggesting which days over the Christmas period you should do your shopping. What an excellent idea! Except suddenly those "quiet times" will become busiest of the lot!
I feel the jaffa cake crime should be brought to the public's attention!
I was happily shopping in asda, minding my own business, pondering which biscuits to purchase with my limited budget. Of course jaffa cakes were my number 1 but i do like a second pack. I chose bourbons, a truly under appreciated biscuit with a lot to offer. I made my way quietly to my jaffa cakes and picked up a box of 36.
SHOCK HORROR
£1.75
I double taked, they were 99p last sunday, what is this? It besmirches my name and is a travesty of justice. Just weeks ago we were informed that they were rolled back to that price. Now of course I found them being cheaper than the 24 packs odd and the fact that they were cheaper than buying asda's own brand odd. However, I never expected an 75% increase in price overnight! I am shocked and appalled.
I have now been forced to lower myself to smart price - 12 for 30p ones, they are so cheap they come in a plastic wrapper, not even a box. These are jaffa cakes we are talking about, not some digestives trying to be cool with chocolate on top.
TO add further disappoint to my trip if that wasn't already enough, they didn't have my chicken microwavable sunday dinner. Nor did they have any asda ones except Welsh rarebit which I didn't fancy much after the jaffa cake fiasco. So I was stuck "upgrading" to the birdeye's "Succulent beef pieces" - the irony of this is that I don't even like beef much and it costs about 50pence more. The trip was further let down by a distinct lack of anything reduced (bar a rather nice looking sandwich I have purchase for the handsome sum of 49p from 199p) and the exceptionally slow thinking and moving people that my asda stored is blessed with.
I also took note that on the window they had a "quiet times" poster suggesting which days over the Christmas period you should do your shopping. What an excellent idea! Except suddenly those "quiet times" will become busiest of the lot!
I feel the jaffa cake crime should be brought to the public's attention!
