local shop - what would you do?

SailorSam

If you were happy with the coke and the price, what's the problem.
Maybe what's going on, the manager of your branch is making a little extra profit for himself.
The head office expects to get a certain figure in profitsent on th them, by splitting the multi packs the excess income goes in the back pocket of the manager.
But then maybe he'd just ran out of 'singles' and did'nt want to let his customers down, or make them buy multis when they only wanted one.

Reggie_Rebel

Local shop? make sure you are never the only customer in there

david39

The multipacks are sold-in to the shop at a lower can-price than single cans.
If the retailer breaks the multipacks down and resells them at single-can price then he is making a higher profit margin per can, and he is also depriving the manufacturers of the extra profit they make on singles.

Having said that, there is no law being broken by the retailer as far as I can see. The warning on the can that it was part of a multipack is only there to deter the retailer from splitting the pack with the prospect of the end-customer asking awkward questions at the point of sale.

If you are happy to buy split packs then go on doing so - if the manufacturers object to them being split down then it is they who need to re-think their marketing strategy. Personally, I don't think it is major problem to them as their margins will include a built in percentage to cover the practice. They probably look on the multi-pack as a promotional pack not only to the end-user but also as a sales promotion to the retailer, in the full knowledge that many of them will get split to make extra margin.

~Beanie~

SailorSam wrote: »

But then maybe he'd just ran out of 'singles' and did'nt want to let his customers down, or make them buy multis when they only wanted one.

This happens in the shop I work in. If we run out of single cans of coke, the boss will open a few of the 6 packs he also sells and sell them individually. You have 2 choices otherwise, don't have a can of coke or buy 6 cans!!!

hippyadam

Reggie_Rebel wrote: »

Local shop? make sure you are never the only customer in there

Was it these two?



Arrrrrrg!

olias

david39 wrote: »

The multipacks are sold-in to the shop at a lower can-price than single cans.
If the retailer breaks the multipacks down and resells them at single-can price then he is making a higher profit margin per can, and he is also depriving the manufacturers of the extra profit they make on singles.

Having said that, there is no law being broken by the retailer as far as I can see. The warning on the can that it was part of a multipack is only there to deter the retailer from splitting the pack with the prospect of the end-customer asking awkward questions at the point of sale.

If you are happy to buy split packs then go on doing so - if the manufacturers object to them being split down then it is they who need to re-think their marketing strategy. Personally, I don't think it is major problem to them as their margins will include a built in percentage to cover the practice. They probably look on the multi-pack as a promotional pack not only to the end-user but also as a sales promotion to the retailer, in the full knowledge that many of them will get split to make extra margin.

Exactly! so unless the OP is particularly upset at having deprived a trillion dollar company of an extra few pence profit then they need to get a life!

Olias

MothballsWallet

Zazen999 wrote: »

I had the same with a sandwich lady that came to offices I was at last week.

I opened the coke.

I drank it.

I carried on with my life.

A lot of the small food stalls do the same thing - buy stuff like drinks in multipacks and then sell them individually, but I think they go to a cash n' carry that's set up for caterers and similar businesses to buy from and sell stuff on to the public.

dreamypuma

hamblettamaud wrote: »

what would you do?

I'm assuming that the coke also had a price printed on the bottle / can to prevent the shop from selling the item at the single price, and this is what was meant by discount?

This seems to be common practice now to ensure that the cheaper multipack rate is passed on to the consumer, and make this practice less appealing to retailers. Of course in practice the printed price tends to be used like POS by smaller outlet and the discounted multipack rate is passed on.

Don't see the problem with this, and doubt anything can be done.

marleyboy

Our local shop sells its tobacco from multipacks, virtually every brand, there is no discount on the prices, there's another local to us that charge 10% extra on all items after 8pm, even before the deadline they charge for tobacco at their own inflated price.

They sell Big bottles of coke that say "50% extra free", at 50% more than the price on the bottle.

Guess which shop I refuse to go to

Robert2009

One of my local shops sell Asda branded goods at a few pence more than Asda and people buy them because it is more convenient than going to Asda. My daughter used to work in Asda and mentioned it to the GSM. He said as long as Asda were paid for the product they could buy and sell all they wanted. Asda didn't lose any money.

They also bought multi packs of beer and sold them singly. Asda aren't losing any money. The only people losing money are the people buying the goods at the local shop.

Rob