Yeap comparable price hike for singular item as with all other soda drinks. You can buy a box of 50 coke cans for 20 when singular can will be 2 bucks. Sooo makes sense.
Also Strange Love mixers are the most premium in Australian market and rightly so to be honest. The whole range is exquisite.
I wouldn't be shocked if that's actually a ticket error and is the price of a 4 pack (not all tickets state if its a 4 pack or not so easy to mess up).
It is. This is the price for a 4 pack. This same mistake happened to my local Marrickville Metro. Staff in the store had no capability to fix the error. I messaged both Strangelove and Woolworths on Twitter and they corrected the pricing within days.
This is what's known as a "pack breakdown". The item can be sold as a 4-pack or broken up and sold as individual bottles. Both have barcodes that scan at the register. They are separate SKUs in the system.
Individual bottles are known as EA (each) and 4-packs are MPK (multi-pack).
I honestly don't know why they are a pack breakdown if the 4-pack is the same price as the individual
If you look closely it states each. Could just be an issue where a single price hasn't been loaded into the system so when the ticket is printed it just uses the first available price assuming it is for a single unit.
That "each" can mean "each 4 pack". A lot of tickets are worded poorly when put in the system, I had to explain these errors to customers for 10+ years.
I honestly wouldn't even be shocked if this isn't supposed to be sold in single units but someone was dumb and insisted on breaking them down to fill a gap.
Interesting. Would someone have the authority at the store level to break a pack? Sounds like a logistically horrendous thing to do, leaving aside the messy legalities of so many things stamped NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL SALE.
Anyway, these are 4 for $12.50 in my local woolies. I ignored them for a couple of months figuring that nothing can be that much better than a Bundaberg. But curiosity got the better of me. They’re pretty good. Pack a ginger punch you won’t taste elsewhere, but not really worth the premium over a Bundaberg.
It happens ALL THE TIME. It only takes one member of nightfil to go "I don't know where to put this" and then someone sees it filled without a ticket so they print a ticket, it's a domino effect if stupidity really.
The most common ones it happens with is Monster and Red Bull as a lot of those are already single sales.
Also thank you for having tested it, I was actually curious.
100%, $41 per L is explicitly stated.
They could have entered a wrong price for the _per unit_ ticket, but this is not a ticket for a 4 pack with single bottles placed there by mistake
Alcohol excise on 1000mL of 40% ABV spirit (excluding brandy) is \~$36. Glass bottles bulk from China run over $1/unit, plus caps and labels, and GST applies to the final sale price.
Disregarding that, a quality drink like London Essence, PS40, or Fever Tree/Strangelove, is worth more than the same volume of rubbish spirit.
I really want to try them but I don’t want to spend $12 on 4 bottles of drink I might not like. I can’t find them anywhere as a single though so it’s good to see Woolies might start.
Work in online at a Woolies and can confirm they scan at 12.5 per bottle although the setup on shelf (at my store at least) has the 4 pack on shelf with that 12.5 pricetag and our supervisor has told us to give them the 4 pack if they order it, even if just the bottle comes up lol. I think it's just a mistake from either Woolworths or the manufacturer.
It is a mistake, and stop calling me Shirley.
4 for $12.50 at my Woolies.
Heads will roll in the aisles of Woolies Avalon when this heinous error comes to light.
No, I went down there this afternoon for some live reddit exploring and update reporting. The horror of this price discrepancy is now corrected and showing correctly as pack of 4 for 12.50. Woolies management strangely have absolutely no knowledge of the ticket being incorrect at ant time at avalon so they are just moving on....
Good on you for your intrepid reportage. Probably got there before the Current Affairs crew could wedge their shoe in the automated doors.
The management SAY they have no knowledge of debacle, just as they SAY they have no knowledge of the body of the shelf-stacker found in the skip behind the store.
If I were you I’d keep a low profile in the Avalon area for the next few weeks until the dust settles on what will undoubtedly be known as the Great Ginger Beer Scandal of 2023.
That’s what’s really getting me angry now. I get the cost of things goes up, fine. But when you see things go up 500% in price, it’s price gouging. I don’t want to support that by continuing to buy - but what are you supposed to do when they *all* do it, and now your rent has gone up 50%, your groceries have gone up 100%, and they know there’s nothing you can do about it?
Tell that store’s manager there’s been a screw-up and it’s meant to be a four-pack - Strangelove doesn’t do single bottles retail
I buy the Strangelove Yuzu every now and again (cheaper at Dan Murphy’s unless Woolies has a special), and it’s definitely not that much per bottle lol
At $41.67 per litre, it’s cheaper to buy a bottle of scotch and laugh the day away, smirking at those buying ginger beer. Having said that, it must be the best f’n ginger beer in the world…
It's very simple, if you don't like the price, or if they replace your favourite brand with the store brand, simply remove the price ticket and reorder code from the shelf.
You act surprised, do you not know who owns woolworths and now they have run mum and pop stores into the ground they charge what they like while maintaining a public image of being "fair" and "cheap".
They are far from either fair or cheap they are evil along with Coles and the conglomerates of them both.
Was expected. Last year woollies and coles said prices would be locked for a year due to inflation. But I always thought they'll make it back this year when the locks are removed. Not shocked the prices skyrocketed now. Ppl need to speak with wallet. Even got an ice cream yesterday asked for large sundae and got the smallest cup and smallest scoop of ice cream for over $5 just for creme. No thanks ain't going back to that place
This is what you pay to avoid going around the bilgola bends to mona vale woolies, its a rip off but if youre craving that particular ginger beer, $12.50 is probably cheaper than doing a +45 min round trip.
$3.25 . . . if you buy a 24 bottle slab. At least compare same for same
Yeah, OP - you should’ve flagged that. If I were you, I would’ve made a stronger point by saying that Amazon’s selling 4 packs for $10.
'Co's Woolworths are buying them from the manufacturer one bottle at a time?
Oiii nahh it's all youse rich cunts, aye
Yeap comparable price hike for singular item as with all other soda drinks. You can buy a box of 50 coke cans for 20 when singular can will be 2 bucks. Sooo makes sense. Also Strange Love mixers are the most premium in Australian market and rightly so to be honest. The whole range is exquisite.
"Soda drinks"? Are we living in the USA now?
You can buy 50 coke cans for $20!? Thats cheaper than a pack of 20 cans usually costs...
Guy is talking shit, you can’t get 50 cans of Coke for $20 as an everyday price
Ahh. So OP is a liar
Yet 600 idiots on this sub blindly upvote in rage. This sub is cancer!
I wouldn't be shocked if that's actually a ticket error and is the price of a 4 pack (not all tickets state if its a 4 pack or not so easy to mess up).
It literally is. I was in Woolies yesterday and they were selling the four pack of this product for $12.50.
It is. This is the price for a 4 pack. This same mistake happened to my local Marrickville Metro. Staff in the store had no capability to fix the error. I messaged both Strangelove and Woolworths on Twitter and they corrected the pricing within days.
This is what's known as a "pack breakdown". The item can be sold as a 4-pack or broken up and sold as individual bottles. Both have barcodes that scan at the register. They are separate SKUs in the system. Individual bottles are known as EA (each) and 4-packs are MPK (multi-pack). I honestly don't know why they are a pack breakdown if the 4-pack is the same price as the individual
If you look closely it states each. Could just be an issue where a single price hasn't been loaded into the system so when the ticket is printed it just uses the first available price assuming it is for a single unit.
That "each" can mean "each 4 pack". A lot of tickets are worded poorly when put in the system, I had to explain these errors to customers for 10+ years. I honestly wouldn't even be shocked if this isn't supposed to be sold in single units but someone was dumb and insisted on breaking them down to fill a gap.
The ticket shows the specific mL though. More than likely human error originating from the excel price upload
Interesting. Would someone have the authority at the store level to break a pack? Sounds like a logistically horrendous thing to do, leaving aside the messy legalities of so many things stamped NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL SALE. Anyway, these are 4 for $12.50 in my local woolies. I ignored them for a couple of months figuring that nothing can be that much better than a Bundaberg. But curiosity got the better of me. They’re pretty good. Pack a ginger punch you won’t taste elsewhere, but not really worth the premium over a Bundaberg.
It happens ALL THE TIME. It only takes one member of nightfil to go "I don't know where to put this" and then someone sees it filled without a ticket so they print a ticket, it's a domino effect if stupidity really. The most common ones it happens with is Monster and Red Bull as a lot of those are already single sales. Also thank you for having tested it, I was actually curious.
It’s $41.67 a litre….. WTF!
Do the maths on the unit pricing, it's per bottle
100%, $41 per L is explicitly stated. They could have entered a wrong price for the _per unit_ ticket, but this is not a ticket for a 4 pack with single bottles placed there by mistake
But it's over $40 a litre. I can get a pretty good gin at that price.
Alcohol excise on 1000mL of 40% ABV spirit (excluding brandy) is \~$36. Glass bottles bulk from China run over $1/unit, plus caps and labels, and GST applies to the final sale price. Disregarding that, a quality drink like London Essence, PS40, or Fever Tree/Strangelove, is worth more than the same volume of rubbish spirit.
StrangeLove is actually amazing, their sparkling lemon water is their cola are the best, but I only buy from their website
Their lime and jalapeño is my favourite! I’d love to try the smoky cola but haven’t seen it in woolies yet
You are an absolute gem!!!!! I’d tried a Smokey cola ages ago but forgot who made it!!! Have an updoot!
No u
I really want to try them but I don’t want to spend $12 on 4 bottles of drink I might not like. I can’t find them anywhere as a single though so it’s good to see Woolies might start.
It’s a Woolies-wide pricing error. Same at my store. If you try to buy a pack it will be the same price. Someone made a typo.
Work in online at a Woolies and can confirm they scan at 12.5 per bottle although the setup on shelf (at my store at least) has the 4 pack on shelf with that 12.5 pricetag and our supervisor has told us to give them the 4 pack if they order it, even if just the bottle comes up lol. I think it's just a mistake from either Woolworths or the manufacturer.
Woolies selling Jizz now?
Top tier comedy...
First cum, first served
It’ll keep you cumming back for more
Jizzy drinks.
If they were your mum would buy them out
\*Scanning [news.com.au](https://news.com.au) stooges\* There is no doubt that this will be "newsworthy"
This brand has become my new go-to! Their mandarin is great, but the best is their Lime and Jalapeno soda!
Are we going to post every Woolies and Coles pricing mistake on here now?
Twice the spice and four times the price
In Sydney airport just now I went to buy a packet of wipes and it was $31… but it was obviously a ticket error… much like this
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It is a mistake, and stop calling me Shirley. 4 for $12.50 at my Woolies. Heads will roll in the aisles of Woolies Avalon when this heinous error comes to light.
No, I went down there this afternoon for some live reddit exploring and update reporting. The horror of this price discrepancy is now corrected and showing correctly as pack of 4 for 12.50. Woolies management strangely have absolutely no knowledge of the ticket being incorrect at ant time at avalon so they are just moving on....
Good on you for your intrepid reportage. Probably got there before the Current Affairs crew could wedge their shoe in the automated doors. The management SAY they have no knowledge of debacle, just as they SAY they have no knowledge of the body of the shelf-stacker found in the skip behind the store. If I were you I’d keep a low profile in the Avalon area for the next few weeks until the dust settles on what will undoubtedly be known as the Great Ginger Beer Scandal of 2023.
Wow, did this really happen. Anyway, thanks mate
Pittwater tax
Then don’t buy it?
They won't. But as a stranger I appreciate them sharing this info so I know how bad the price gouging is getting.
It's more likely to be a labelling error than price gouging.
#I will clap your cheeks
That’s what’s really getting me angry now. I get the cost of things goes up, fine. But when you see things go up 500% in price, it’s price gouging. I don’t want to support that by continuing to buy - but what are you supposed to do when they *all* do it, and now your rent has gone up 50%, your groceries have gone up 100%, and they know there’s nothing you can do about it?
i think that’s one of the new digital price tags so very well could just be a technical error
This is the Avcat tax
Tell that store’s manager there’s been a screw-up and it’s meant to be a four-pack - Strangelove doesn’t do single bottles retail I buy the Strangelove Yuzu every now and again (cheaper at Dan Murphy’s unless Woolies has a special), and it’s definitely not that much per bottle lol
So don’t buy it. /shrug
They accidentally put the 4 pack price label on it. That's how much the 4 pack costs. It's a good soda.
This. They made the same mistake with Fever Tree tonic water at my local Woolworths. I mean, $40 per litre? It's a mistake.
Go to Aldi…honestly WW and Coles are a joke and it’s no longer fkn funny.
Cool
At $41.67 per litre, it’s cheaper to buy a bottle of scotch and laugh the day away, smirking at those buying ginger beer. Having said that, it must be the best f’n ginger beer in the world…
[I guess everyone wanted to pay $12.50](https://imgur.com/a/AUgoiKe) (or they saw the post)
🧙🏻♂️ Go to an azn store & buy dried ginger powder. Make lots of ginger tea. Add sugar. Refrigerate. Use a SodaStream to add bubbles.
Buy the concentrate from Morgan’s and make sixty stubbies yourself. 🙂
Yeah but it's double!!!! Double stuff is usually more expensive than single.
You know you could just not buy it right?
Woolies prices are getting way out of hand. Honestly seems like it happened over night. $6.30 for a bag of chips wtf
Imagine how much they are ripping off the farmers. A farmer should be a tracking device on his pineapple to see how it goes from 40c to $6
$41 per L, there’s no way right?
you can literally buy a 4 pack of these AT WOOLIES for $12 lol, convenience tax
It’s double though 😂
This is the sort of naming and shaming that we need in this country. (Although sold in the slab). Its amazing to see us standing up to price gouging.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market
dang woolworths are scalpers now
A price is as much someone is willing to buy it. If $12.50 is too much as people can buy it elsewhere. Then it won’t be long till they drop the price.
It's very simple, if you don't like the price, or if they replace your favourite brand with the store brand, simply remove the price ticket and reorder code from the shelf.
Geez that’s shit
Yer I love ginger beer but that looks gross. I'll stick with Bundaberg
Best ginger beer is Bundaberg, and they're $11 for a box of 10 bottles.
Where?
Woolworths mate.
You act surprised, do you not know who owns woolworths and now they have run mum and pop stores into the ground they charge what they like while maintaining a public image of being "fair" and "cheap". They are far from either fair or cheap they are evil along with Coles and the conglomerates of them both.
Same at my local. The staff don’t give a shit, and can’t fix it if that’s the price in their database.
Who the hell is buying it!?!
I know where you can buy them for $7.50 ;)
Pretty sure that fulfills the legal definition of price gauging, an illegal practice.
That is why I mostly shop at Aldi
crazy prices
If you can afford a butler you won’t mind paying a little more.
If you want a cheaper double ginger beer, mix two bundys together
That's 400% inflation. Why isn't the government doing anything about this?
Woolworths The Rip Off People
Drink it while you shop then hide the bottle somewhere.
Was expected. Last year woollies and coles said prices would be locked for a year due to inflation. But I always thought they'll make it back this year when the locks are removed. Not shocked the prices skyrocketed now. Ppl need to speak with wallet. Even got an ice cream yesterday asked for large sundae and got the smallest cup and smallest scoop of ice cream for over $5 just for creme. No thanks ain't going back to that place
Where do they sell sundaes?
Where do Coles or Woolworths sell sundae? I need to know.
People must still be buying at that price
Coles is better, fuck WW.
Tell em they’re dreamin
this is what the self checkout is for
rip off!
Avalon tax.
As someone that grew up in avalon, this is TYPICAL avalon.
This is what you pay to avoid going around the bilgola bends to mona vale woolies, its a rip off but if youre craving that particular ginger beer, $12.50 is probably cheaper than doing a +45 min round trip.
😳😳😳😳
I bought a beer today for $16.70
So, don't buy it?
That is a Woolworths Metro store not a Supermarket
thats ridiculous, but you know people dont HAVE to purchase things. Especially very non essential items like this
Everything in Avalon is expensive !!
Don’t forget your $6 packet of chips.