In message , John Williamson
writes
On 02/10/2014 23:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
John Williamson 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.


I managed to order 50 tins of pineapple online from Waitrose (by
mistake).

They did ring me to check if I really wanted them, but I missed the
call, so they delivered them with the rest of the order. It was
apparently pretty much the stores entire stock (they ahd had to bring
small tins as well, to make up enough) :-)

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Chris French