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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
"Helga's Continental Sweet and Sour Black Rye 900g was deleted from our range after a review of our products in this category, demand for this product was not in line with customer expectation.
As new, improved and more popular products are launched; our product range must change in-line with demand"
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You're right Peter. What a load of corporate bullcrap! This is just PR babble to fob off people asking questions.
How many people know that the so-call "specials" these bullies run are not a discount that they give from their price, but that the product's producer is discounting the product - Woolies and Coles still get the same amount of money from the stuff. The only true discounting they do is when they mark the stuff as "clearance" so that they don't need to chuck it in the bin, but make a few bucks more after they've cleared their projected profit from the line.
The product producers PAY these companies for shelf space. This is another reason why their product range is diminishing as the smaller producers of food and stuff just can't afford the blasted shelf space.
If you don't have an alternative but to only shop with these two, I'm sorry for you. If you have an alternative, like the specialist fruit and vege shops and bakers, and you don't buy from them, you're playing right into their grubby hands.