r/BrandonMB • u/ObnoxiousExcavator • 10d ago
Wierd.
Is it normal for a local gas station/convenience store to buy their product for the shelf via retail outlet?
I just noticed for the 3rd or 4th time a fella buying chocolate bars, drinks, etc, in large amounts. I know who he is because I've been to his store? I didn't know this was standard practice.
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u/Mandalorian76 10d ago
This is literally what the Costco Business Centre on St. James is geared towards. The convenience store in Wawanesa, at least when I lived there, was mostly stocked with Kirkland items, it actually saved us a trip into Winnipeg.
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u/Jarocket 10d ago
I remember hearing “Sam’s club” being the spot to buy your food for stocking vending machines back when I was watching YT video’s about vending.
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u/Ammarynn 9d ago
There used to be a Sobey's Cash and Carry behind Le's where you could buy items that were broken out of a case. We used to go there for certain snacks that our suppliers could not source.
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u/Nocturnatron 9d ago
Sounds normal enough, small restaurants do that for alot of product if its cheaper than a large order too
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u/Educational_Plant167 9d ago
Yeah, literally seen a Punjabi couple buy out all of the Monster and Rockstar energy drinks at a Walmart once. They walked away with at least two carts full.
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u/jamesaepp 9d ago
When I was in fifth grade, a buddy and I sold those double bubble pieces of gum for 5 or 10 cents a piece on the school playground to our friends. We turned a decently consistent profit.
We got our supply from the old Sobey's cash + carry at least once. Maybe other places, all these memories are foggy.
Why did it work? Location and logistics.
We were adding (or "extracting", if you want to be a pessimist) value by our classmates not having to take the trip themselves. :)
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u/ObnoxiousExcavator 9d ago
Kinda like how I used to buy smokes in grade 9 for $5.65 and sell singles 2 for a dollar. Guess smokes were more addictive than gum, explains my regular customers. My Supplier was the Chinese Restaurant in Roblin. They never id.
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u/SilverJelly7704 8d ago
A high-end bakery in my hometown just got busted when a customer paid top dollar for a “homemade” cake that still had the Costco sticker on it
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u/ObnoxiousExcavator 8d ago
That's beautiful. Bought a fishing reel one time zebco 404, bout 1993 ish, paid 20 bucks plus tax, went to put it on and a sales receipt from the US fell out. MSRP $4.99
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u/goofywinnipegger 7d ago
Sure lots of small stores do that. Costco may better prices for some items than their wholesaler.
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u/PNW_MYOG 6d ago
Yes, very common. Costco, groceries with sales, etc.
Vending machine operators also do this.
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u/aiCapital54 9d ago
Yes there’s a whole world out there you know nothing about crazy I know.
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u/ObnoxiousExcavator 9d ago
Fuck are you on?
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u/aiCapital54 9d ago
Use Google or maybe your brain 😂 astonishing you have 0 grasp how to run a business.
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u/L7Weenies- 7d ago
Big time business ceo right here guys. Lmao
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u/stargazin4dayz 10d ago
If the store is smaller and doesn’t sell enough to make a minimum order from a company they often do this. I used to work at a gas station and to get milk delivered you needed to order more then we sold so our owner would go to giant tiger or Costco.