by Sojourner » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:04 pm
by southee » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:31 pm
Sojourner wrote:Dear Woolworths, Coles, K-Mart et al,
Do you remember the 1950s, when you killed off small, family-run businesses because you were cheaper and easier and, frankly, the 'in thing'?
Kinda sucks to be on the receiving end, doesn't it?
by mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:37 pm
by mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:38 pm
by mickey » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:40 pm
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:post of the year
by mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:43 pm
by Gozu » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:44 pm
Sojourner wrote:Dear Woolworths, Coles, K-Mart et al,
Do you remember the 1950s, when you killed off small, family-run businesses because you were cheaper and easier and, frankly, the 'in thing'?
Kinda sucks to be on the receiving end, doesn't it?
by mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:50 pm
by mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:55 pm
by Gozu » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:05 am
by mal » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:07 am
by Gozu » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:41 am
by Magpiespower » Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:07 am
Gozu wrote: Gerry Harvey
by cennals05 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:35 am
by Brucetiki » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:38 am
Magpiespower wrote:Gozu wrote: Gerry Harvey
Clearly remember when we all (well, most of us!) got our $900 gift from Mr. Rudd last year, big screen TVs immediately went on sale at Harvey Norman for $998 and there was Gerry on ACA shamelessly plugging how blowing your coin at one of his stores was - blow trumpets now - the patriotic thing to do. A slight exaggeration. But not much.
Good piece in the business section of The Australian yesterday basically calling it a throwback to protectionism.
Suck it up, Gerry & co.! How sad. Too bad.
Hate shopping at those big retailers. Always such a hassle. Hardly ever get what I want at Myer, David Jones and all that. They often don't stock it...
by Dirko » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:44 am
by dedja » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:03 am
by FlyingHigh » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:45 am
Sojourner wrote:Dear Woolworths, Coles, K-Mart et al,
Do you remember the 1950s, when you killed off small, family-run businesses because you were cheaper and easier and, frankly, the 'in thing'?
Kinda sucks to be on the receiving end, doesn't it?
mal wrote:1983 I left the security of a Bank job and bought a Fruit Juice Round
I learnt a lesson early on about the mogulistic big conglomerate supermarket chains
I was home delivering a brand called Dawn Fruit Juice in the Salisbury area
The same juice was being sold to the Supermarkets by the name of Mildura Fruit Juices [still being sold ]
I was buying the juices for $1-00 and delivering for $1-99
One day a customer told me that she knew Dawn and Mildura were the same
She followed up by saying that Mildura was being sold at the Supermarket for 79 cents
I naturally said, prob coz it was outa date
She showed me the used by date, it was similar to the batch I was delivering
She stayed loyal, I gave her the juices that day for the 79c and made a loss
I later asked the boss, why is it so
He said Supermakets have specials to attract customers and make thier profits on the other items bought
He also explained the squashem mentality of Supermarkets against sMALl businesses like delis
This was my first challenge vrs the Supermarkets
I gained an overall picture of why Supermarkets will discount, or undersell competitors
When I read SOJOURNERS opening post to his thread, I thought spot on, bloody hypocrites
by Hondo » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:11 am
by Psyber » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:14 am
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