So on Friday, while I was still in Cape Town, the episode of Rip Off Britain that I took part in aired. If you have access to the BBC iPlayer,…
More on supermarket fake half price wine deals
Good to see supermarket fake half price deals coming in for some stick in the national press. The Telegraph have an article about it, titled Beware supermarket wine bargains. Most…
Are the fake half-price wine deals returning?
A few years back wine writers in the UK campaigned against the fake half-price supermarket wine deals. I even did some filming for Rip Off Britain where we went undercover…
Sainsbury’s ends fake ‘half price’ wine offers, for now
For more than three years I have been complaining about the fake half price wine offers in supermarkets. See here, here and here. What’s wrong with a deal? Nothing, it’s…
Supermarkets, convergence and market disruption
I have a couple of related questions. First, people love shopping in supermarkets. Why? Trust – a supermarket brand is trusted by shoppers. They supermarket name is big enough and…
Competition, price and why cheap wine will never be profitable
Have you ever tried to buy a mobile phone on contract? Or choose an energy supplier? The pricing structure is deliberately complicated, making direct comparisons incredibly difficult. And the…
Supermarket wine buyers: how are they doing?
When I started out drinking wine, supermarket wine ranges were extremely variable. There were some terrible wines: wines that made you gag. As a student, and thus a bottom-feeder, the…
I hate half-price wines and would like to see the back of them
I hate half-price wines. Of course, there’s nothing new about discounting being used to sell wine. Many wine brands are priced with a view to being promoted. The wine might…
Is wine good for you?
There’s a lot of talk at the moment about ‘Clean Wine’. The marketing line? Commercial wines are full of additives and are bad for you, but this Clean Wine (which…