"Big four" supermarket prices!
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It's never a good idea to compare prices between the majors and some of the discounters, as usually this kind of offer (if indeed it ever existed), is due to an excess of short dated stock that the majors won't touch, therefore it gets 'jobbed off' by the supplier to the discounters and sold super cheap.
Even when it was Carte Noire I always bought from them as theirs was far cheaper than Sainsways/Tossco/Morrisons/Chavsda. WHY?
At least three of those have slogans stating how cheap they are, yet HB don't...but are!
And what's the highlighted clause meant to say? That I somehow made this up just to annoy you? LOL
Cue Martin to come back and say that the big four have every right to make humongous profits by underhand means while everyone is tightening their belts. Yes, even owners of French chateaux
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Their bread markup for example is around 270% . I work in the industry,some bread products they request to be made at a loss to the manufacturer in order to keep the overall contract.
cheers richie
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Yeah in Alcazars defence (never thought I'd say that), guesstimating the sort of mark up these places put on products isn't hard. You only need to look at the cost of the raw ingredients to realise the markup on stuff like bread (and most other baked goods i'd imagine) is going to be quite substantial.
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Yeah in Alcazars defence (never thought I'd say that), guesstimating the sort of mark up these places put on products isn't hard. You only need to look at the cost of the raw ingredients to realise the markup on stuff like bread (and most other baked goods i'd imagine) is going to be quite substantial.
Bake goods have probably the highest supply chain costs of any grocery category.
Typically manufacturers deliver directly to store daily. Unlike most categories where product is delivered into national and regional distribution centres and then distributed by the retailers own logistics operations. Therefore there is very significant costs involved.
There are also very high energy costs associated with this industry. Finally, there's a lot of wastage.
I've worked with a couple of the major branded manufactures and I can assure you that margins are tighter for both supplier and retailer in this category, typical gross retailer margins are 20-30%, compared with 30-40% on most packaged groceries.
It's of course true that margins on own brand goods are higher, and suppliers get squeezed hard by the big retailers.
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Supposedly rolling back prices, every little helps, live life cheaper etc etc.
The reality is that their mark-ups are astounding.
Sainsburys, "L'Or" coffee by Carte Noire, £4 for 100g. No longer stocked in 200g jars.
Home Bargains, same stuff, (actually branded, not a knock-off), in a 200g jar, £4.49, that's almost 74% more if I buy from Sainsburys.
And the same stuff from Asda, Tesco and Morrisons? Same price, £4 for 100g.
Disgusting.
The reality is that their mark-ups are astounding.
Sainsburys, "L'Or" coffee by Carte Noire, £4 for 100g. No longer stocked in 200g jars.
Home Bargains, same stuff, (actually branded, not a knock-off), in a 200g jar, £4.49, that's almost 74% more if I buy from Sainsburys.
And the same stuff from Asda, Tesco and Morrisons? Same price, £4 for 100g.
Disgusting.
The big chains they supply demand a long shelf life - and in most cases its 16 weeks from date or purchase.
Anything which they receive with a shelf life less than this gets rejected.
Eventually this company have a lot of stuff that the big boys will not accept.
This gets sold of at heavily discounted prices to various "bargain" outlets, but as a job lot.
i.e. If they have 100 cases, you much buy it all, not a portion.
They also have a factory shop, where I purchased stuff recently - a particular breakfast biscuit box with 24 biscuits in the box.
I think about £2.45 in tesco, £0.60 a box.
Shelf life of approx 3 weeks
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Do you not think there is a slim possibility that the website might be incorrect, and that you jumped on an opportunity to try and prove Alcazar wrong?
Your arrogance is astounding
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No, I don't have to ask him that - sorry, I don't think he is lying about what brand of coffee he purchased, or where from.
Do you not think there is a slim possibility that the website might be incorrect, and that you jumped on an opportunity to try and prove Alcazar wrong?
Your arrogance is astounding
Do you not think there is a slim possibility that the website might be incorrect, and that you jumped on an opportunity to try and prove Alcazar wrong?
Your arrogance is astounding
Not sure what your problem is pal.
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Maybe you just don't like him getting called on some of drivel he posts?
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I have read plenty of posts on here, from both of you thanks, and yes some of it is drivel in my opinion too BUT how was his first post in this thread 'drivel'? I don't get why you felt the need to react the way you did on this thread
Hey ho, its a lovely day out there, must enjoy it
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Look back at post 16 Martin - you wrote it - your attitude comes across quite clearly to me in that.
I have read plenty of posts on here, from both of you thanks, and yes some of it is drivel in my opinion too BUT how was his first post in this thread 'drivel'? I don't get why you felt the need to react the way you did on this thread
Hey ho, its a lovely day out there, must enjoy it
I have read plenty of posts on here, from both of you thanks, and yes some of it is drivel in my opinion too BUT how was his first post in this thread 'drivel'? I don't get why you felt the need to react the way you did on this thread
Hey ho, its a lovely day out there, must enjoy it
Those 2 things are completely unrelated
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Agree about the Whisky
Guns & Roses playing tonight in your patch btw. My boy off to Slash away.
atb, David
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Just for reference, B&M in Lichfield were selling L'Or Classique (200g) for £4.49 yesterday. Exactly the same stuff was £7.49 in Waitrose, less than a mile away!
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