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

So, are you sick of tinned pineapple yet?

Oh come on

it's only one tin a month for the next 4 years

tim