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Originally Posted by martyh
I can't believe that the BBC have devoted a whole program to this what a waste of money and i can't believe that people don't understand why supermarkets have to do it ,it's not a con it's all to with stock movement and the price it is bought from the supplier
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What? Have you ever dealt with a supermarket as a supplier? I know people who have, and let me tell you how it happens. You don't set them a price. They come to you and tell you that they will pay such and such a price. If you make a loss, that's your problem. You nominally have the option to agree to sell to them at that price, or disagree and not sell to them. I say "Nominally" because you can do it, but they trade on the fact that very few companies (whether small, medium, large or huge) can afford to ignore the extra sales that the likes of Tesco and Sainsburys will bring them. So, no, they don't have to do it (or if they do, they are massively incompetent). If you think any of the supermarkets trade as honestly as they make out, you are, frankly, naive.
Sadly, the two best people to talk about this (gazfan and Nugget) don't seem to be around much anymore.
Especially as all the supermarkets are reporting record yearly profits almost as a matter of course now.
And actually, it's part of Panorama's remit to investigate situations where large groups of the population may be being conned.