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Originally Posted by Stuart
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.
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One of the large retailers is currently selling a salmon side that was retailing for 20 quid when it launched, but is now selling at £10 (or half price, folks!). Does anyone really think that they're now losing 10 quid a pop for every sale?
All of the pricing strategies involve telling the supplier what price will be paid - as Stu says, they can disagree with the price, but they either work to it or don't supply...
Can anybody else work out why Tesco take in £1 out of every 8 spent in the UK?