local family shop

DCFC79

Bit long time no see OP,

nothing wrong with what they're doing

mountainofdebt

Just like the lady from our local chinese buying her pies and pasties from Tesco.

pimento

I bet the local shop is open long after Iceland have closed, too.

pendulum

liz_fearnley wrote: »

they then take the bread back to their family shop sell the bread at £ 1.25 a loaf and tell cutomers that they have a bread supplier ,
do they have the right to do this !!! :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Look at you with your angry faces and multiple !!!'s... all because you've discovered that a business is buying a product cheaper than they are selling it for. Well, that's the whole idea of being in business. I just can't think why a business making a profit upsets you so much?

lindos90

I think that if they were buying multi packs of something (like crisps for example) there can be some restrictions as some packets say 'multi pack, not for individual resale' but im not sure who would enforce that? Possibly trading standards perhaps.

Other than that, im guessing that iceland are cheaper than their supplier, and I would personally see the markup as 'convenience' for buying it from the local shop rather than trailing into town to a bigger shop just for a loaf of bread or whatever. Like others have said, they are factoring in time, petrol, vehicle use etc into the price, so they are not raking in pure profit from the two prices you are seeing.

Guess the only other thing that springs to mind is are they buying and selling these items through their business accounts/books? (buying over the counter like any other customer and getting a receipt V buying from a supplier and getting regular invoices)

michaelvintner

I can't see any problem at all. They are trying to stay in business. They can buy it cheaper at Iceland than they can at their regular supplier. As long as everything is declared and proper taxes paid there is nothing wrong at all.

The big supermarkets have been destroying the local shops for years.

Tesco Express is just their version of what would have been your local corner shop.

My Nan and Grandad used to own and run a greencrocers and they retired just before the supermarkets managed to destroy local shops in 1986.

Now the shop they use to own has been converted into a house. No use as a retail unit anymore. The people that took it over were trying to nurse a dead person back to health with nothing more than a bottle of TCP and two plasters.

I have no objection to paying more at my local corner shop for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk. Unfortunatelly I have become so use to Tesco, Asda etc that it is common for me to use them the majority of the time.

Customers used to come into my Nan and Grandads shop for some shopping and a chat. It was not uncommon for a local person to come in for nothing more than a loaf of bread, a pint of milk and ten fags but be in the shop for 40 mins. If you spent 40 mins in Tescos etc without buying something or chatting to a member of staff you would either have security all over you or the police would be called.

I am probably of the last generation to remember when the supermarkets closed at 8pm and the local shops would stay open to 10. My Nan and Grandad used to open at 8am and close at 10pm. Wednesday was a half day and it was only in the last 10 years before they retired (1976 - 1986) that they did not open on a sunday.

Supermarkets have destroyed local shops and the communities that grew around them. My Grandad was doing deliverys to customers in his Volvo 245 estate years before the supermarkets though that it was a good idea. He also did not charge £5 for it. I remeber going out with him when I must have been about 6 years old and having great fun dropping deliverys off to customers.

wealdroam

pcombo wrote: »

What annoys me about shops is selling items out of a multi pack.

What's wrong with that Pcombo?

Shop is thoughtful enough to 'buy in bulk' and then sell singly... looks ok to me.

I know the people who put the stuff into multipacks don't like it, but I can see nothing wrong with the practice.

paddedjohn

Well done to the shop keeper for having a good business head, if they bought from the cash and carry they would probably pay more and have to charge their customers more as a consequence.
As part of a business i had years ago i had a transport cafe and it was a lot cheaper for me to go to asda for my food stuffs and it was of a lot better quality than costco, bookers or makro

geordieracer

I see no problem with this. Flyboy may come over and tell you about some law that he cant back up with proof as how they can not do this but dont hold your breath.

arcon5

geordieracer wrote: »

I see no problem with this. Flyboy may come over and tell you about some law that he cant back up with proof as how they can not do this but dont hold your breath.

Maybe ops breaching the DPA for passing on information about who's supplying their bread