Can Supermarkets do this?

*Holli*

Hey there All,

A bit of a strange request,
I was just wondering if anyone knows why some of the major supermarkets (Tesco, Asda & Sainsburys) have all decided to drop their own brand of jelly this Christmas?
The ONLY jellies on the shelves of the above stores are Hartleys.
When i spoke to someone in Tescos they said that it was the only type of jelly they have until after Christmas. This made me go to look in the other stores and funnily enough they are only stocking the one brand too.
I wouldn't be bothered normally but the youngsters in my household like jelly but NOT Hartleys as they say it has a metallic aftertaste.
Are suppliers allowed to dictate to consumers that theirs should be the only option available?
This seems very wrong to me.
Oh well, maybe i'll try making my own jellies from scratch this year (providing they haven't removed the gelatine too).

savemoney

They can do whatever they want as long as its legal. Same as a they can sell whatever they want as long as they have permission to do so


Try http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk

Lots of jelly @ sainsburys haven't tried the rest

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/#/shopping/findproducts.aspx?query=jelly

meritaten

yes of course they can! Its THEIR store and they say what appears on the shelves! and, contrary to what some people think - they can also refuse to serve anyone without giving a reason! Why? because the stores are PRIVATE property not public!

kremmen

The space for Xmas gear has to come from somewhere. Usually some lines are squeezed into a smaller space and some discontinued for a short time. I f you were the shop owner and had lots of duplicates ( eg jellies ) would you stop the cheapest or most expensive.

Actually decision is made by turnover usually.

Should be back soon.

Paul

geordie_joe

kremmen wrote: »

I f you were the shop owner and had lots of duplicates ( eg jellies ) would you stop the cheapest or most expensive.

That would depend............

If the most expensive was Hartleys , which I bought for 90p and sold for 99p. And the cheapest was my own brand, which cost me 10p and sold for 50p.......................

I think I would stop the one that brings in the least profit.

*Holli*

Thank you for the responses guys. It's what i expected where they would go for what makes them the most money.

Savemoney: Thanks for the links but they too are Hartleys or ready made ones.

Hee hee, Christmas without jelly this year then. :-D

Bella_b

Make your own jelly.. there was a good recipe and fun method on Kirstie & Phil's christmas this morning (repeat from last year).. it may be on 4od. Use gelatine sheets! it is pretty simple and you can use funky jelly moulds to make pretty shapes! Kids will love it!

EDIT: Just checked and it is available to watch online here if you want to:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/kirstie-and-phils-perfect-christmas/4od

The jelly is at the begining of Episode 1.

kremmen

geordie_joe wrote: »

That would depend............

If the most expensive was Hartleys , which I bought for 90p and sold for 99p. And the cheapest was my own brand, which cost me 10p and sold for 50p.......................

I think I would stop the one that brings in the least profit.

In the supermarket I used to work in the decider IS turnover.

Profit margins for individual lines info is not available in store.

Paul

geordie_joe

kremmen wrote: »

In the supermarket I used to work in the decider IS turnover.

It's not in the store I work in. Although common sense does prevail, if something has a higher profit margin but the volume of sales shows that we would make more profit by keeping a lower profit margin item, then that's what we will do.

In the end the only question is, how much profit WILL we make if we keep item A and how much profit WILL we make if we keep item B.

kremmen wrote: »

Profit margins for individual lines info is not available in store.

Paul

It is in the store I work in, sort of. The system shows the price we pay for something and the price we sell it for, so you can work out the rest.

I was told the price we pay for goods has to be available in every store. Because if we decide to make someone pay for something they have damaged, we can only charge them what we paid for it. So, obviously, we need to know what that is.

the-mango

asda still have their own brand and i buy hartleys anyway beacuse it's cheaper...

DCFC79

In answer to the thread title yes they can do it,