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Cheap Beer at Somerfields
gerretl
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Hi. Managed to get two cases of 20 330 ml bottles of Grolsch from Somerfields Maidstone. They were originally priced at £20 (Waaaaaaaaaaay to high) but had a yellow discontinued sticker on at £4.99 (Waaaaaaaaaaaay too low).
I can imagine the scenario at Somerfield head office
Buyer: "Lets sell cases of premium beer at our store in Maidstone"
Store manager: " But the store is located in a not particullarly affluent town, with only multi storey parking nearby (and theres no lifts), only mediocre bus links available for customers, and a whole row of disabled parking spots directly in front, which means anyone stopping for five seconds to load up heavy items will get ticketed by Maidstone council. No one will buy these products at full price"
Buyer : "With that sort of attitude, you'll never get anywhere in this company"
Store Manager : " OK, I'm sorry for stating the obvious"
Their loss is our gain, but take a car, stop outside, and have one person sitting in the motor, just in case.
I wouldn't be surprised if the pattern were repeated in other Somerfield stores.
:beer:
I can imagine the scenario at Somerfield head office
Buyer: "Lets sell cases of premium beer at our store in Maidstone"
Store manager: " But the store is located in a not particullarly affluent town, with only multi storey parking nearby (and theres no lifts), only mediocre bus links available for customers, and a whole row of disabled parking spots directly in front, which means anyone stopping for five seconds to load up heavy items will get ticketed by Maidstone council. No one will buy these products at full price"
Buyer : "With that sort of attitude, you'll never get anywhere in this company"
Store Manager : " OK, I'm sorry for stating the obvious"
Their loss is our gain, but take a car, stop outside, and have one person sitting in the motor, just in case.
I wouldn't be surprised if the pattern were repeated in other Somerfield stores.
:beer:
"Don't critisise what people look like, how they speak, where they are from, and what they are called. They cannot help it.
Do critisise what they say, and what they do, especially if what they say is different to what they do. They can help that"
Anon
"Life is the three weeks and six days between paydays" - gerretl
£2 savers club =£42
Do critisise what they say, and what they do, especially if what they say is different to what they do. They can help that"
Anon
"Life is the three weeks and six days between paydays" - gerretl
£2 savers club =£42
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