It all depends on what sort of deal they got from the supplier.
Last week it was cheaper for me to buy 4x 500gm boxes of washing powder than purchase the large economy box.
It all depends on what sort of deal they got from the supplier.
Last week it was cheaper for me to buy 4x 500gm boxes of washing powder than purchase the large economy box.
I think it's more the level of sophistication, or lack thereof, in their software Nettie. Irrespective of what price they bought the two batches of goods - one is now clearly unsaleable. Software should be smart enough to detect that and let a decision maker know. I used to be involved with a couple of companies in South Africa (Spar and Makro Hypermarts) designing software to generate LED database-driven shelf talkers, and this capability was certainly built in.
I think it's more the level of sophistication, or lack thereof, in their software Nettie. Irrespective of what price they bought the two batches of goods - one is now clearly unsaleable. Software should be smart enough to detect that and let a decision maker know. I used to be involved with a couple of companies in South Africa (Spar and Makro Hypermarts) designing software to generate LED database-driven shelf talkers, and this capability was certainly built in.
Good point - wireless digital tags are allover Europe and have been for a long while. Not sure why it hasn't been picked up here yet?
If the supplier has a surplus of a particular item, or the best by date is coming up, or they're running a promotion, or a promotion is running out, they'll give the buyer a good deal. Sure, some items may become unsaleable because of it, but it's only temporary.
We had this all the time when I was working at Supa IGA.
Works fine for IGA Nettie but in a lot of cases Coles and Woolworths Dictate prices to the supplier's
In fact both are moving away from brand names to their own brands in droves, one just has to look at the lack of variety on the shelves at Coles for example
Whatever the reasoning behind this, this is reason why I carefullly look at the unit pricing, check bulk packs of products against small packet of the same product. I estimate 10-20% of our fornightly groceries contain products where the bulk packaging is greater in price than their smaller packaged equivalent.
I have overheard and politely pointed out to other shoppers in the aisles of this anomoly when I hear their discussions on automatically taking the bigger, bulkier packaging.
Soft drink is notorious for this practice also.
As Barry has stated, to work out what products are more economical to purchase, it's simple primary school maths, and I honestly think most shoppers either don't take the time to work it out, or cannot!
In my opinion, a lot of effort and $$ goes into clever marketing tactics. Let's be honest, they are to make money and the less I can give them the better
Isn't it normally considered that anything is cheaper, per unit, in quantity?
