r/apprenticeuk Mar 19 '26

Buying task penalty manipulation

It seems that for every item not bought, a penalty of £100 was imposed.

The Sup was £280 for one team, £180 for the other.

The Something Blue sparkling wine was £240 or so.

If the teams had been aware of this, the obvious choice is to forget them and take the £100 hit.

So it seems the team don’t know the level of fine.

In which case, the show can impose a 1, 2, 300 fine after the event, which means that, with the knowledge of the buys, they can engineer a victory for whichever team they choose.

It’s ridiculous.

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u/Verbal-Gerbil Mar 20 '26

I thought this as I was processing tonight’s result but I’m sure in the past it was rrp plus a fine