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Sick of Spar and Centra

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  • 08-10-2007 12:11pm
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    beanok77
    Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭


    Anybody else sick of having a limited choice when it comes to shopping locally. The prices these shops charge for necessities and groceries is ridiculous. Am I the only one that feels this way. Thinking of opening my own chain of cheap reliable convenience stores with friendly service!


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    prendy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭prendy


    good luck with that...
    im assuming your comparing these high prices to that of the large supermarkets who have economies of scale buying power etc.

    if you do manage it then il be shopping there for sure!


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    Cantab.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭Cantab.


    beanok77 wrote:
    Anybody else sick of having a limited choice when it comes to shopping locally. The prices these shops charge for necessities and groceries is ridiculous. Am I the only one that feels this way. Thinking of opening my own chain of cheap reliable convenience stores with friendly service!

    If you think that a product/service that competes solely on price will be successful, think again.

    Spar/Centra can pool their advertising and marketing effort, substantially reducing the cost. How an individual trader can expect to mimic this "convenience for the masses" marketing is questionable.

    You'd be better off identifying a niche that will give you a low-risk competitive advantage that your competitors would find difficult to mimic. Price isn't everything.


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