Corner Shop suppliers

theblindman

try http://www.cstoreshow.com/
will list people exhibiting and you can contact them to ask for price lists before the ehibition which is next month at the NEC

paulsm

thanks blindman that is very good to know , the shop at the moment has lottery but no paypoint and I am sure dosent take cards either , I would like to find suppliers rather than go symbols if possible.

badmumof1

paypoint is a rip off (as far as comission goes) but it does bring people in.
be very aware of what is in the contract you sign with them, their customer service when the machine goes down is not very good either.

as for suppliers well we have kerry foods for stuff like sandwiches, pasties, pies, sausage rolls, butters, sausages etc. all are SOR too

i wouldnt touch peters as not all of their stuff is SOR and they do bung alot of near to date stuff in.

Tea Time Tasties 01484514339 are great

Anglian frozen foods or 3663 for frozen delivery
http://www.3663.co.uk/gen/

Selling penny sweets make brilliant profits from 75% TO 100%

Bobbys are ok but you dont make that much profit

hth and good luck

tcall

I use Palmer & Harvey, but only really for confectionery and tobacco and drinks. The groceries seem pretty expensive (compared to supermarket prices).
I would certainly look into symbol groups - Premier for Booker, Mace for P&H, and Nisa.

Nile

badmumof1 wrote:

paypoint is a rip off (as far as comission goes) but it does bring people in.

I agree with badmumof1, I go out of my way to find a shop with a paypoint. It's how I pay the London Congestion charge when I decide to take the car and not the train.;)

What about offering a photocopying facility too?

badmumof1

tcall wrote:

I would certainly look into symbol groups - Premier for Booker, Mace for P&H, and Nisa.

i would stay away from them as the rate of POR isnt very good and you are then tied to them to supply you.
you could not pop into bookers and pick up happy shopper bits if you are a nisa cos if a rep came in from nisa they can have you for breach of contract.

we used to be a premier and the POR on some of the deals is less than 6% when you can aim for 25% - 50% from being a independant retailer.

Jakejakejake

Also, look out for the bargains in asda - some could be easily resold in corner shops.

Toon

There's http://retailforums.co.uk/ but not very busy.

crompton

Jakejakejake wrote:

Also, look out for the bargains in asda - some could be easily resold in corner shops.

I appreciate what your saying but i believe that's illegal

paulsm

why is that illegal? not that I would have done it anyway