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10% is huge for a grocer. Grocery margins tend to be very thin.
by aaronblohowiak 14y ago
10% is huge for a grocer. Grocery margins tend to be very thin.
- whichdan 14y agoThat's a good point. Amazon's "Price for Both" is literally the price for both. Personally I always assume the "Price for Both" will be at a discount, even though it rarely is.
- Falling3 14y agoIt's true that margins are generally thin... but 10% doesn't even compare to the average sale (deal).
- sharkweek 14y agoWas a buyer at a large supermarket for a little over a year; we were normally pushing for 30-40% margins on most food items. On the hyper-perishable stuff, normally higher. It did really vary vendor to vendor though.
- OGinparadise 14y agoYeah but paying everyone and whatever else, very little remains as profit. 10% off just like that might wipe the profit.
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- aaronblohowiak 14y agoA large enough grocer would have the markup of both the distributor and the gracery store, which usually total 30%ish