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> It's 101 that wholesale buyers order by the case and for producers to specify the casecount and price, Not sure why you're being downvoted because thats stan
by sva_ 4y ago
> It's 101 that wholesale buyers order by the case and for producers to specify the casecount and price,
Not sure why you're being downvoted because thats standard in wolesale. Not sure how they couldn't catch that when looking at the price either.
Maybe they thought they'd sell a lot less for the same price and aren't talking about this?
- Enginerrrd 4y agoReading their description, there is no real point in which anyone takes real ownership of this mistake and so something like this is probably likely to catch them again. Did the consultant drop the ball? Yes, but so did they, in a pretty big way. Still, I've run businesses and when you're trying to bootstrap without experience this kind of thing does happen.
- 88913527 4y agoIf you are unsure to what extent you can or cannot depend on the consultant, you might as well do all the work yourself at that point. They cannot add value to the process; they could have not paid the consultant and worked directly with the grocery distributor. The addition of the consultant led to a delegative mindset ("I'm paying someone to handle that problem") that ultimately didn't pan out for them.
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- Enginerrrd 4y ago>The addition of the consultant led to a delegative mindset That's it right there. I've rarely, if ever, seen that work out well honestly. The consultant has no real skin in the game and so you still always should be doing your due-diligence. They're there to help rapidly guide you to competency, but they won't do that work for you, you really need to be an active participant.
- mbg721 4y agoI like this line of thinking; if you're already down to that level of granularity, a consultant won't help you.
- Freestyler_3 4y agoI don't understand either. They sell for 50% off right now for 42 a case, meaning normal price was 84. 84 × 6000 = 504 000 This doesn't add up with the 250k they were hoping for and the 50% off. Or am I wrong? (too bad they only have decaf yet, wouldn't have minded to try.)
- 0110101001 4y agoAssumigly, they're offering I'm the coffee for 50% retail price. Sounds like that would put everything in line with standard grocery store markups. https://bellwethercoffee.com/blog/how-to-start-selling-wholesale-coffee-to-grocery-stores/#:~:text=Grocery%20stores%20generally%20sell%20coffee,low%20as%20a%2040%25%20markup https://bellwethercoffee.com/blog/how-to-start-selling-whole....
- Freestyler_3 4y agoah so that makes sense
- loeg 4y agoWholesale is usually 50% or less of retail price.
- iJohnDoe 4y agoAny retailer hopes to make 30%. 50% would be pretty incredible.
- brianwawok 4y agoGo get a product put in a big box and let me know what % margin you are keeping
- jsjohnst 4y agoAmazon routinely takes over 30%, especially if FBA.
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