On Thursday, October 2, 2014 11:42:14 PM UTC+1, John Williamson wrote:
On 02/10/2014 23:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
John Williamson johnwilliamson wrote:

And on one or two occasions, chatting with the shopkeeper, I've been
told he does his weekly grocery shop at a supermarket because it's
cheaper than his wholesaler.

So why doesn't he buy his stock there too?

Because a lot of the cheap supermarket stock is own brand, which he
can't sell in his shop, and supermarkets generally limit the number of
each item you can buy.
I've been told it's a deal with the wholesalers, but I'm not sure how
credible my source was. I do know the limit exists. Try buying over a
hundred 500ml bottles of mineral water or a few dozen loaves of bread.

You can bulk buy at Asda if you call ahead to order the stuff in. I expect other supermarkets would do the same.


NT