BOOKERS - Are they really cheaper?

Lawbag_2

I have a Bookers card, and while I have used them a few times, I am not 100% happy/sure they are cheaper or offer value for money.

Most of the people there are small shops, whereas we are just "general public" with access to marked down foods etc.

Some items have to have VAT added to them, plus the products are sold in "outers"/packs of 12 etc... rather than individually, so bulk buying is the order of the day.

Buy is laying cash/cheque (these places only accept this form of payment) upfront worth it?

bluep

Yeah, I have the same question about Makros. It used to be really worth having a card but goign recently, nothing seems a bargain any more - not even their special offers really. However, it occurred to me that maybe their prices are as cheap as ever, but the big public supermarkets (Tescos etc...) have just been getting cheaper and cheaper so comparitively these places are less of a good deal.

Trollydolly_2

I went to Bookers the other day and honestly all i came back with was some toilet roll. I could have got cheaper "economy" toilet roll from the supermarket.

Nothing was as cheap as the offers the supermarket can do. I think your right that it is cheaper than the "little newsagent round the corner" but its still not as cheap as the big supermarkets. Its back to asda for me!

angel-delight_5

The reason that Bookers is cheaper than the newsagent on the corner, is because that newsagent has to buy his stock from Bookers then TRY to make a profit on it. IMHO I can't imagine why anyone not in the trade would want to go to Bookers or Makro, when there are so many bargains to be had in your local supermarket. Speaking as a trader myself it's far more profitabe for me to buy slower-moving lines from Kwik Save than from any wholesalers - I don't have the expense of massive amounts of stock on the shelves, the original buying price is invariably cheaper at the supermarket, and is only two minutes away whereas i can travel miles to my wholesalers.
A shopkeepers lot is not a happy one I'm afraid!

divadee

I thought this was more an i wanna questions oso moved it over here

nikiyoung

Hi
Went the other day for a party they had quite a few buy one get one free or 3 for 2 on crisps and Coke was on offer in the multi packs but not in the single cans so you have to look at all the packs.
when you get in pick up the paper with the offers in it it helps.
also the fresh chicken breast's in our local one are a fab price £18.01 for 20 to 25 big breast's!
I think you have to in there after checking the prices in tesco's etc

amboy

angel-delight wrote:

The reason that Bookers is cheaper than the newsagent on the corner, is because that newsagent has to buy his stock from Bookers then TRY to make a profit on it. IMHO I can't imagine why anyone not in the trade would want to go to Bookers or Makro, when there are so many bargains to be had in your local supermarket. Speaking as a trader myself it's far more profitabe for me to buy slower-moving lines from Kwik Save than from any wholesalers - I don't have the expense of massive amounts of stock on the shelves, the original buying price is invariably cheaper at the supermarket, and is only two minutes away whereas i can travel miles to my wholesalers.
A shopkeepers lot is not a happy one I'm afraid!

I could not agree more, I am finding myself going to supermarkets to buy items to sell in the quantities i want.

The convenience of booker is all it has going for it. BTW there is nothing worse for a retailer than to see joe public trying to control a trolley, scratching their heads trying to figure out the VAT element.

Murtle

I use costco, same principal, and some things I find very good value, and beats the supermarkets on price all the time - well all the time, I've checked prices but there are things that I see in there, quite often wine and alcohol, that when they have "good deals" on them - you can nearly always guarantee that the supermarkets won't be far off on price, and you can get loyalty points, and not have to buy in cases of 6. Ok that last one, doesn't always work - note to self - must stop buying in cases of 6, do it in 12's instead

angel-delight_5

amboy wrote:

BTW there is nothing worse for a retailer than to see joe public trying to control a trolley, scratching their heads trying to figure out the VAT element.

Ha ha had me rolling around laughing - how many times I've thought the same thing!!
Fellow retailer I presume?
Doh! just seen your signature!!