Tesco has been accused of pushing up the price of dozens of products prior to discounting them as part of it's 'Big Price Drop' cost-cutting campaign, and in some cases leaving customers to pay more for the 'reduced' items. The supermarket – which has pledged to spend £500million on the high-profile promotion – has promised customers that it would reduce the price of 3,000 essential products across its stores.
However, dozens of items had their prices raised during the weeks before the promotion, according to research by the Times newspaper...Read more here---> Tesco 'Big Price Drop': Supermarket accused of putting prices up on dozens of products before cutting them again | This is Money