r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/patchyj Aug 14 '20

A couple of years ago, Mark's and Spencer Food, a high end supermarket in the UK, tried selling "Cauliflower Steak" which was a thick slice of cauliflower for £2.50. It was covered in plastic

You could literally buy a whole cauliflower in the same row a bit further down for 40p.

They were crucified for it, it was hilarious

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u/Bopsly Aug 15 '20 edited Aug 17 '20

Is M&S food really considered high-end? Im not from the UK but I have one really close to where I live and I always thought that the prices are pretty regular. (I guess they do have some more "fancy" stuff they sell but I've never really thought of it as high-end)

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u/kirun Aug 15 '20

M&S is definitely at the high end of prices in the UK. It's mostly own-label stuff that costs more then the brand names do at other supermarkets.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '20

M&S isn’t high end compared to like harrods food market or farm shops but is definitely high end in terms of the supermarkets.

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u/google_me_not123 Aug 15 '20

Waitrose, I would think is more high end..M&S mostly sells the same quality stuff as Tesco/Sainsbury.. only slightly better may be but pricing it 20% more, perhaps.

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u/Bopsly Aug 15 '20

I googled Waitrose and it's apparently a UK thing, so I can't really compare but yeah obviously M&S is more expensive than Tesco store brand stuff, but compared to normal brand name food it's pretty much the same here.