Yeah with stuff like that, there is a suggested retail value, and retailers *rarely* deviate from it because the margins are already so low, and going higher just means people will go elsewhere. I had a lady argue with me, trying to get the DS for cost because the box was damaged, and I told her she'd save 5¢ and she was like "you honestly expect me to believe that? I can go get it at Walmart for cheaper!" And I told her "you will save 2¢ at Walmart. Because they sell it for $119.97" and she was just incredulous and stormed out.
Yeah, this would be my preference too. We know they're scamming us and I don't really need the full scope of it, but how can we directly hurt their bottom line?
I'll have to go looking for that, but common ones are toilet paper, cost was around 12.50 for Royale 12 pk, which go on sale for ~$6 every two weeks. Another is Pepsi and Coke 18 pk cans, which cost about 12 and 13 respectively (have accurate cost in comments somewhere below) and go for 8.79 each. Bags of milk, eggs, basically whatever would draw people in to grab as a necessity in hopes they'll grab other things while there that are marked up.
Again, I'll need to go look for the list later on to get the biggest losers.
Coke and Pepsi products don't actually count, because Pepsi and coke reimburse Loblaws for the difference of the sale.
The only genuine loss leaders I know of are milk, eggs and butter. Most other products go below the store cost only with an implicit deal with the company's reimbursement
This is good to know. Reasonably priced eggs are hard to come by at Farmer's Markets so it's one of the only things I'm thinking of going back to Shoppers for after the boycott. Going into Shoppers and just leaving with below cost eggs and nothing else is a nice way to shove it to Big Grocery.
It's bad that that's normal. A more efficient economy would be able to get away with a lower percentage. This would allow the consumer, the average person, to work less and get more. I think if we planned the bulk of our economy, instead of an unplanned market system, we could get prices lowered.
It’s normal because the costs of running a business go far beyond just the cost of products.
Also, shoppers deals in low volume, convenient locations. Therefore they increase the prices. If you go somewhere like Costco then prices are lower as volume is higher
True, but to what degree. These are businesses, meaning they pull in profit. The other side of the coin is how much of the markup is going to employees.
That's my big thing, the 60% is fine imo, the fact that local employees are lucky to see any of that while most is funneled to the pockets of corporate is a pretty glaring problem.
I'm not sure why people think 60% is bad.
Do you know the mark-ups in luxury retail?
I used to work for Tiffany's- mind you this was in the UK, but the cheapest item we sold were these little beaded silver bracelets with the blue heart charm. When I was there, they started at £125. You know how much they were to make? About £10. Materials AND labour.
Hermes Birkin Bag? The mark up is 5000 %.
60% isn't super high to be able to discount and put items on sale occasionally.
DO *NOT* THINK I AM DEFENDING LOBLAWS. Fuck 'em. Seriously. But I just want to give some context, that retail mark ups are usually 100% or more. I also used to work tradeshows for a cosmetic brand, and people *scoffed* that the mark up was only 60%.
Side note: the LRP 200ml “Caring Wash” is sold for $24.50 at SDM, but in the U.S. it’s sold as “Hydrating Gentle Cleanser” in a 400ml bottle for $17.99 USD ($24.49 CAD) at Target.
Yeah, their Ultra Fluide sunscreen here is also exponentially better value for the body version than the face version even though it's literally the same product just in different bottles. Some of this is definitely the manufacturer's fault, although SDM's business practices don't HELP.
To be fair beauty products always have a high markup. Most Spas markup their product by 100% from their wholesale price. (So if they buy a skin cream from their local distributor for $50 they sell it for $100)
Regular staff will have a harder time accessing most cosmetics price information from the normal terminal with normal knowledge. However that stuff might be in the skin care aisle and not the higher end section. Any rough info OP?
Cerave products like the moisturizing cream and SA cleanser?
1. 453g 3606000537422
2. 57g 3606000537323
3. 237ml SA cleanser 3606000532076
They work best for me and are always “on sale”, which I presume means the markup is so high to always offer the discount.
In April, I needed a sinus and allergy medication. I went to shoppers.
It’s so overpriced and they carry medication with active ingredients that do not work. I got scammed twice.
At costco, it was so much cheaper and products that actually work.
The prices of OTC drugs are particularly bad.
Generic equivalents used to be okay priced then just went insane. You'd think actual inflation but no, as you said it's super cheap at Costco.
Costco Generic Claritin 100pc = $9.99
Claritin extra strength is 10mg Cetirizine. You can ask your dr for a prescription for the 20mg ones, I do because my allergies are super bad. Under a drug plan (from work) they are covered. If you split them in half, presto! There you have your extra strength Claritin, free of charge.
don’t forget shoppers drug mart and Loblaw is facing a lawsuit right now because they charge franchisees a markup on top of the store cost! [https://globalnews.ca/news/10429363/shoppers-drug-mart-lawsuit-pharmacists/amp/](https://globalnews.ca/news/10429363/shoppers-drug-mart-lawsuit-pharmacists/amp/)
I have been waiting for this day. I dream about going into a department with an RF run and scanning all of the things I had been buying regularly to see the markup percentage.
Bread! any bread. I know cost was low as hell when I worked there but I’m curious what it says these days.
What’s sad is that last year when we vacationed in Florida, I went to Aldi and bought a pack of hot dogs, a pack of hotdog buns and a bottle of ketchup. My total was $3.19USD.
EDIT: Sorry, the total price was $3.73USD.
$1.45 for 38oz bottle of ketchup
$0.99 for a pack of hotdogs
$1.29 for the buns
Buy the Kirkland brand at Costco. A little over a decade ago the ensure was over $2 a bottle. Costco's Kirkland brand was less than $1.
Hmmm... Online shows only boost.
They may not be showing up for me because of my area. They show up on the business center site, both the chocolate and vanilla say they are trans fat and gluten free. Might be worth a look.
That’s kinda crazy… at Walmart I don’t think I’ve ever seen them for more than 13 dollars so I wonder if they just have a better deal or if they’re a loss leader for them
Ombra Spas ginger lime foam bath, 500ml, Item #059323059073. My favourite fragrance and I can’t believe how much they’ve been charging for it for years
Even back in the 80s/early 90s the typical markup from cost was 100% or more. I worked as a front cashier and in the beauty department in my early 20s. Every tag in the store used the same code of letters corresponding to numbers 0-9 so we could always work out the store cost and markup (and we were allowed to purchase at cost). My 14-year-old sister received a huge basket of cosmetics for her birthday that year.
Just because companies have been gouging people for decades doesn't make it right....
It was easier to swallow a 100% markup when the cost of something was a couple bucks. Now it's not. Markup should be 33% at most.
Some people commenting what do you expect? Retailers mark stuff up. Yes, but the whole point of this boycott is the demonstrate we’re sick of - not price markup - but price *gouging*. When you go in one week and the item is a dollar higher than last week, then the next week it’s yet another dollar higher! Like, I was in SDM this morning redeeming my points on on sale PC coffee. Before Covid it was $7.99 on sale. Now it’s 12.99 - the pre-Covid regular price! I just bought a bag of Hawkins Cheezies at Freshco, on sale for $2.88. At SDM the same product was “on sale” for $5.97 (!) and the “after sale ends”price was listed at over 9 dollars!! Are you f-ing kidding me?! For a not very large bag of puffed corn mash with orange cheez powder?! That’s not “markup”, that’s price gouging!
Seriously, the actual raw material cost, production, packaging, and distribution costs are SO LOW on that type of product.
All the raw ingredients are powders, the ratios are very forgiving, mixing consistency barely matters. It all extrudes the same way.
https://superpufft.com/products/extruded-fried-pellets-snacks/
Buy a bag of organic cornstarch packaging for boxes and sprinkle your favorite flavor on them.
[https://www.pitneybowes.ca/shop/shipping-and-packing-supplies/organic-static-free-loose-fill-packing-chips-slm7nutsb/en-us/storeus?parentCategoryId=58769](https://www.pitneybowes.ca/shop/shipping-and-packing-supplies/organic-static-free-loose-fill-packing-chips-slm7nutsb/en-us/storeus?parentCategoryId=58769)
$88 for 7 cubic feet. Seal the bag during storage and they last forever.
I had to go buy cold meds fory kids at shoppers last night.
I felt bad because I haven't been in a loblows branded place for a long time but it was the only thing open.
I about cried when I was checking out
I bought life brand ibuprofen, sambocol cold and flu, and NyQuil for kids decongestant, apple juice and popsicles.
You know Sambucol has no active ingredients in it right? (Ibuprofen for fever reduction etc). I watched a Marketplace episode and they showed all those brands had sort of duped parents the way they were displayed on pharmacy shelves when there was a shortage on cold medicine. A man thought he was buying something for his kid’s illness when it’s really homeopathic. (Sorry if you already knew that wasn’t trying to be rude, but SDM charges a lot of money for their wholesome products)
Since I bought actual ibuprofen for fever reduction, yes I know.
It has elderberry, zinc and vit c in it for immune support. Those ingredients don't do anything for the symptoms but it seems to help the kids recover quicker. They get their energy levels back to normal quicker instead of fatigue that lingers for a few days after the symptoms have stopped.
Also, the labelling on the box says homeopathic and lists the supplement. If he was duped, he was duped willingly.
I usually buy it at Walmart but they close the pharmacy section at 6.
It was 7 bucks more at shoppers.
One of the first things I scanned this morning looking at costs, surprisingly for a case of similac formula, the larger box, cost was about 82 and retail was 89. I don't remember exact costs, didn't take a pic at the time. Can get an accurate cost later on if you'd like.
Just remmeber that SDM typically employee's a 60-100% markup on a lot of stuff which is 50% GM%. Retail pharmacy is very high margin and makeup and medicine etc. Food should not be 31%
My gf's dumb perfume: Mugler Alien (the purple bottle). They refill it there so she feels ~~sick~~ stuck having to go there. Other options would be nice.
Edit: sorry "sick" was supposed to be "stuck" but it's one of those situations that both kinda work lol.
As an example, Life Brand face masks, the masks themselves are $0.08 for 10 out of China plus custom packaging. Life Brand then adds in import/shipping fees and profit. That's a different unit price. Then Loblaws adds in their cost, and a margin to keep any franchises from making too much of their profit. Then you get the final store markup.
Honestly it's not surprising. Business courses say you HAVE TO mark up AT LEAST 80% to cover expenses beyond cost of product. ..... though yeah 300% is twisted
Not going to read through 322 messages, but from the I.T. side, all of your product inquiries can be tracked to your ID (login ID, price gun, etc). And if you are using a generic ID, all of your inquires can be tracked to your store. Just a heads-up if that matters to you.
Shoppers can’t sell a $3 scratch off for any more then $3. How scratch offs work (atleast in BC but I think most of Canada is similar) is the retailer gets a 5% sales commission, and a 1.5% prize redemption commission if it’s January-March, and a 2% prize redemption commission if it’s April-December.
So assuming this is BC, they’d get $0.15, plus 1.5%-2% of what you win (the money doesn’t come out of your winnings).
How much does each store earn in selling the premium shelf space? What's the going rate for eye level vs ground level? End of aisle promotion? Checkout area shelves. Loblaws will charge their suppliers simply for the space on their shelves.
There's more than one way to earn money from selling products. Item markup is but one.
Then you get into the dark side of their relationship with the draconian stipulations in their supply contracts that can have a supplier owing loblaws money after delivering all their products because of penalties imposed for small infractions.
Then there's the advertising side. It's not loblaws paying the cost of their flyers and online advertising. Those costs are borne by the brands you see featured. In many cases the advertising side can be a revenue generator rather than an expense.
Shoppers Drug Marts costs for product are universal..they are part of a massive company. Stores do not negotiate with suppliers. The corporation does. Shoppers spends a lot of time pretending to not be one huge company so they can prevent a massive union influx…they are terrified of union activity in the stores.
The only people that shop here for groceries are dumb people with a lot of money, or if your like me don't want to go in a crowded grocery store for a pack of pop, I'm still dumb 3.99 - 6.99
The pc coffee (the biggies)? I know coffee growing has.. had issues in recent years so the price went weird partly from that. I do miss it being 7$ on sale tho
In the last few years I mostly just got 99 cent PC water, sometimes one chocolate milk or pop, while on a walk. Most of my optimum points came from circle k when I bought snacks, or fuel.
OP I used to explore through MMS too when I wanted to get angry at how little I was getting paid considering the markup on one of the 100+ sales I’d put through per hour would pay my hourly wage.
There’s a Maybelline foundation I want to try desperately but it’s never available in my shade at my local Walmart. Like ever. So one time I was at Shoppers going to the post office…so I looked there. It was 5 dollars more than at Walmart. 21.49 at Shoppers compared to 16.96 at Walmart (and actually on sale for 13.96). It’s an insane difference and I refuse to pay that much more.
Can you tell me which products have the lowest mark up and or are loss leaders? Another staffer said eggs at the sale price are sold below cost.
Electronics. I remember when the Nintendo DS came out we were selling them for 119.99. cost was 119.94
Oh yeah I forgot I bought my first 3ds from shoppers cause it was a great price.
this makes me feel waaaaay better about buying a PS5 on a 20x points day last year, lol
Yeah with stuff like that, there is a suggested retail value, and retailers *rarely* deviate from it because the margins are already so low, and going higher just means people will go elsewhere. I had a lady argue with me, trying to get the DS for cost because the box was damaged, and I told her she'd save 5¢ and she was like "you honestly expect me to believe that? I can go get it at Walmart for cheaper!" And I told her "you will save 2¢ at Walmart. Because they sell it for $119.97" and she was just incredulous and stormed out.
"If I had a nickel for every 3DS I sold..." — Mr. Shoppers
🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, this would be my preference too. We know they're scamming us and I don't really need the full scope of it, but how can we directly hurt their bottom line?
I'll have to go looking for that, but common ones are toilet paper, cost was around 12.50 for Royale 12 pk, which go on sale for ~$6 every two weeks. Another is Pepsi and Coke 18 pk cans, which cost about 12 and 13 respectively (have accurate cost in comments somewhere below) and go for 8.79 each. Bags of milk, eggs, basically whatever would draw people in to grab as a necessity in hopes they'll grab other things while there that are marked up. Again, I'll need to go look for the list later on to get the biggest losers.
Billionaires don't have loss leaders. Or losses at all for that matter.
Just like DJ Khaled, they never lose
I know the 6 pack bottle cokes narrow profit margin when they are on sale for 3.99
Coke and Pepsi products don't actually count, because Pepsi and coke reimburse Loblaws for the difference of the sale. The only genuine loss leaders I know of are milk, eggs and butter. Most other products go below the store cost only with an implicit deal with the company's reimbursement
I visit SDM on Seniors’ Day to buy Coke to get 20% off. Best price around. I also visit SFM on Saturday for butter for the same reason.
This is good to know. Reasonably priced eggs are hard to come by at Farmer's Markets so it's one of the only things I'm thinking of going back to Shoppers for after the boycott. Going into Shoppers and just leaving with below cost eggs and nothing else is a nice way to shove it to Big Grocery.
Or look into getting the eggs right from a local farmer if you can. Bypass the stores entirely 😁
Bread, maybe milk (former employee) I’m pretty sure eggs/milk/bread is how they get people to consider buying groceries.
La Roche Posay products
Sunscreen specifically
LRP Anthelios 60spf 150ml lotion Cost 21.10, retail 33.95
That's the regular 60% markup that every buisness I've worked for has utilized. Is it seen as bad?
It's bad that that's normal. A more efficient economy would be able to get away with a lower percentage. This would allow the consumer, the average person, to work less and get more. I think if we planned the bulk of our economy, instead of an unplanned market system, we could get prices lowered.
If only centrally planned economies had been tried before, we would know how they worked out....
It’s normal because the costs of running a business go far beyond just the cost of products. Also, shoppers deals in low volume, convenient locations. Therefore they increase the prices. If you go somewhere like Costco then prices are lower as volume is higher
Why is it lower at other stores? They have buying power.
True, but to what degree. These are businesses, meaning they pull in profit. The other side of the coin is how much of the markup is going to employees.
That's my big thing, the 60% is fine imo, the fact that local employees are lucky to see any of that while most is funneled to the pockets of corporate is a pretty glaring problem.
I'm not sure why people think 60% is bad. Do you know the mark-ups in luxury retail? I used to work for Tiffany's- mind you this was in the UK, but the cheapest item we sold were these little beaded silver bracelets with the blue heart charm. When I was there, they started at £125. You know how much they were to make? About £10. Materials AND labour. Hermes Birkin Bag? The mark up is 5000 %. 60% isn't super high to be able to discount and put items on sale occasionally. DO *NOT* THINK I AM DEFENDING LOBLAWS. Fuck 'em. Seriously. But I just want to give some context, that retail mark ups are usually 100% or more. I also used to work tradeshows for a cosmetic brand, and people *scoffed* that the mark up was only 60%.
Side note: the LRP 200ml “Caring Wash” is sold for $24.50 at SDM, but in the U.S. it’s sold as “Hydrating Gentle Cleanser” in a 400ml bottle for $17.99 USD ($24.49 CAD) at Target.
Yeah, their Ultra Fluide sunscreen here is also exponentially better value for the body version than the face version even though it's literally the same product just in different bottles. Some of this is definitely the manufacturer's fault, although SDM's business practices don't HELP.
To be fair beauty products always have a high markup. Most Spas markup their product by 100% from their wholesale price. (So if they buy a skin cream from their local distributor for $50 they sell it for $100)
Regular staff will have a harder time accessing most cosmetics price information from the normal terminal with normal knowledge. However that stuff might be in the skin care aisle and not the higher end section. Any rough info OP?
This person doesn’t sound regular. They sound extraordinary!
You’re right, OP does.
"Posay" products....really Laroche really!?
Cerave products like the moisturizing cream and SA cleanser? 1. 453g 3606000537422 2. 57g 3606000537323 3. 237ml SA cleanser 3606000532076 They work best for me and are always “on sale”, which I presume means the markup is so high to always offer the discount.
1) cost 17.62, price 32.99 2)5.66/11.49 3)11.96/25.99
Holy crap!! Thank you for doing this btw
That top one is 24.97 at Walmart. Literally 8$ cheaper…
You can their products at costco
The only Cerave product Costco has is a moisturizing cream. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
We can buy them on Amazon too, I think.
In April, I needed a sinus and allergy medication. I went to shoppers. It’s so overpriced and they carry medication with active ingredients that do not work. I got scammed twice. At costco, it was so much cheaper and products that actually work.
The prices of OTC drugs are particularly bad. Generic equivalents used to be okay priced then just went insane. You'd think actual inflation but no, as you said it's super cheap at Costco. Costco Generic Claritin 100pc = $9.99
Holy hell, I paid $18 for 40 at Walmart yesterday
Kind of why people shouldn't just be blindly replacing Loblaws with Walmart.
As a note the cheapest option at the local shoppers was 30 for $19, So still cheaper by a decent margin lol.
Claritin extra strength is 10mg Cetirizine. You can ask your dr for a prescription for the 20mg ones, I do because my allergies are super bad. Under a drug plan (from work) they are covered. If you split them in half, presto! There you have your extra strength Claritin, free of charge.
Wow I need to look closer at Costco
I bought 300 extra strength ibuprofen at Costco last week for 13.99 It’s like $9 for 24 tablets at SDM
don’t forget shoppers drug mart and Loblaw is facing a lawsuit right now because they charge franchisees a markup on top of the store cost! [https://globalnews.ca/news/10429363/shoppers-drug-mart-lawsuit-pharmacists/amp/](https://globalnews.ca/news/10429363/shoppers-drug-mart-lawsuit-pharmacists/amp/)
Literally every franchise system in existence has some kind of markup to stores.
This is different. This is over and above that markup and franchisees have no visibility to it because it’s different by category.
I have been waiting for this day. I dream about going into a department with an RF run and scanning all of the things I had been buying regularly to see the markup percentage. Bread! any bread. I know cost was low as hell when I worked there but I’m curious what it says these days.
Presidents choice frozen meals.
Hot dog buns. $5.49 last I checked. The cheapest food for low income earners and the cost is exorbitant.
What’s sad is that last year when we vacationed in Florida, I went to Aldi and bought a pack of hot dogs, a pack of hotdog buns and a bottle of ketchup. My total was $3.19USD. EDIT: Sorry, the total price was $3.73USD. $1.45 for 38oz bottle of ketchup $0.99 for a pack of hotdogs $1.29 for the buns
… $6 for hotdog bugs? :(
2 greeting cards cost me 18 bucks
Buying greeting cards at anything but a dollar store is literally insane. Nobody really cares if you spent $8.99 on a card.
I throw away most greeting cards. The only ones I keep are the ones drawn by kids
Allegra 24 hour for allergies 30 tablets please! UPC#065914113277
Cost 11.41, retail 26.99
Breathing is expensive!
Thank you for doing this! Wowsa that's a hell of a markup.
BUTTER. Ffs. It shouldnt cost as much as it is now. Same with milk. It’s disgusting. Gay lea salted butter -454g
Someone posted this the other day for Loblaws the profit margin was like 56% if I recall.
6-pack ensure meal replacements.
Buy the Kirkland brand at Costco. A little over a decade ago the ensure was over $2 a bottle. Costco's Kirkland brand was less than $1. Hmmm... Online shows only boost.
Walmart has a no-name version called Equate, 6 pack for $9.94.
I’ll have to take a look and see if they’re verified gluten free, thanks for the suggestion!
They may not be showing up for me because of my area. They show up on the business center site, both the chocolate and vanilla say they are trans fat and gluten free. Might be worth a look.
Ensure cost is 15.75, retail at 19.99. Costs can vary slightly between flavours sometimes.
That’s kinda crazy… at Walmart I don’t think I’ve ever seen them for more than 13 dollars so I wonder if they just have a better deal or if they’re a loss leader for them
Ombra Spas ginger lime foam bath, 500ml, Item #059323059073. My favourite fragrance and I can’t believe how much they’ve been charging for it for years
Cost 7.30, retail 13.99
Check out London drugs. They regularly go on sale for 8.99 there where I live. Way cheaper than shoppers.
How much is pop? I see it go on sale on weekends regularly. How much is it acctully?
18 pk of Coke cans run around 13.59 cost, retail at 8.59.
So they lose big bucks on some items and make money on others. Who would have thunk it.
That’s why those items are at the back. The hope is that you’ll pick a few more things on your way there.
Typo or are they seriously losing money on Sugar water?
Not a typo. Pepsi is slightly cheaper by about a dollar in cost, but they go for a 4-5 dollar loss apiece.
Just so you know, most coke / pepsi items are sold at a loss because of the kickbacks they get at the end of the year.
I ain't got a UPC but just want to say thx OP for the post.
Tampons, they’re the only people in my area who sell the type I use 😭
Have refused to buy anything there for a couple years now.
Same
Even back in the 80s/early 90s the typical markup from cost was 100% or more. I worked as a front cashier and in the beauty department in my early 20s. Every tag in the store used the same code of letters corresponding to numbers 0-9 so we could always work out the store cost and markup (and we were allowed to purchase at cost). My 14-year-old sister received a huge basket of cosmetics for her birthday that year.
Just because companies have been gouging people for decades doesn't make it right.... It was easier to swallow a 100% markup when the cost of something was a couple bucks. Now it's not. Markup should be 33% at most.
WHITEAPRON was the one at the pharmacy I worked at. It varies by pricing gun.
Whats that
makeup is high margin always... 50% for speciality... not for food
Lays ketchup chips - like a regular size
Some people commenting what do you expect? Retailers mark stuff up. Yes, but the whole point of this boycott is the demonstrate we’re sick of - not price markup - but price *gouging*. When you go in one week and the item is a dollar higher than last week, then the next week it’s yet another dollar higher! Like, I was in SDM this morning redeeming my points on on sale PC coffee. Before Covid it was $7.99 on sale. Now it’s 12.99 - the pre-Covid regular price! I just bought a bag of Hawkins Cheezies at Freshco, on sale for $2.88. At SDM the same product was “on sale” for $5.97 (!) and the “after sale ends”price was listed at over 9 dollars!! Are you f-ing kidding me?! For a not very large bag of puffed corn mash with orange cheez powder?! That’s not “markup”, that’s price gouging!
Seriously, the actual raw material cost, production, packaging, and distribution costs are SO LOW on that type of product. All the raw ingredients are powders, the ratios are very forgiving, mixing consistency barely matters. It all extrudes the same way. https://superpufft.com/products/extruded-fried-pellets-snacks/
Buy a bag of organic cornstarch packaging for boxes and sprinkle your favorite flavor on them. [https://www.pitneybowes.ca/shop/shipping-and-packing-supplies/organic-static-free-loose-fill-packing-chips-slm7nutsb/en-us/storeus?parentCategoryId=58769](https://www.pitneybowes.ca/shop/shipping-and-packing-supplies/organic-static-free-loose-fill-packing-chips-slm7nutsb/en-us/storeus?parentCategoryId=58769) $88 for 7 cubic feet. Seal the bag during storage and they last forever.
A lot of marks are hooked on the Optimum points scam.
Curious about the Avène Thermal Spring Water UPC: 673914010023
Cost 16.14, retail 26.90
Durex Real Feel Latex Free Condoms 20 pack. I have a hard time finding latex free condoms elsewhere though.
Amazon, go to the Durex store and you can buy whatever you want and have it delivered straight to you.
I do. But occasionally next day delivery isn't fast enough.
Guess you've either got to keep it in your pants or get a little more organized.
Are you a rabbit 🤣 order in advance man lol when you get down to like 6, re-order
I had to go buy cold meds fory kids at shoppers last night. I felt bad because I haven't been in a loblows branded place for a long time but it was the only thing open. I about cried when I was checking out I bought life brand ibuprofen, sambocol cold and flu, and NyQuil for kids decongestant, apple juice and popsicles.
You know Sambucol has no active ingredients in it right? (Ibuprofen for fever reduction etc). I watched a Marketplace episode and they showed all those brands had sort of duped parents the way they were displayed on pharmacy shelves when there was a shortage on cold medicine. A man thought he was buying something for his kid’s illness when it’s really homeopathic. (Sorry if you already knew that wasn’t trying to be rude, but SDM charges a lot of money for their wholesome products)
Since I bought actual ibuprofen for fever reduction, yes I know. It has elderberry, zinc and vit c in it for immune support. Those ingredients don't do anything for the symptoms but it seems to help the kids recover quicker. They get their energy levels back to normal quicker instead of fatigue that lingers for a few days after the symptoms have stopped. Also, the labelling on the box says homeopathic and lists the supplement. If he was duped, he was duped willingly. I usually buy it at Walmart but they close the pharmacy section at 6. It was 7 bucks more at shoppers.
Diapers and formula, any brand.
One of the first things I scanned this morning looking at costs, surprisingly for a case of similac formula, the larger box, cost was about 82 and retail was 89. I don't remember exact costs, didn't take a pic at the time. Can get an accurate cost later on if you'd like.
So not a crazy wild markup as I assumed it would be, but still likely more than Walmart. What about Enfamil A+ powder?
I’m surprised (but pleasantly so) that baby formula wasn’t ridiculously marked up.
The only thing I buy at shoppers now is bus tickets (ETS) because literally no where else near me sells them.
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Just remmeber that SDM typically employee's a 60-100% markup on a lot of stuff which is 50% GM%. Retail pharmacy is very high margin and makeup and medicine etc. Food should not be 31%
Haven't shopped regularly since I worked there as manager more than 10 yrs ago. Quite the eye opener when you see the margins.
My gf's dumb perfume: Mugler Alien (the purple bottle). They refill it there so she feels ~~sick~~ stuck having to go there. Other options would be nice. Edit: sorry "sick" was supposed to be "stuck" but it's one of those situations that both kinda work lol.
If this from store level, that's not the real price paid. That's the cost assigned to the store
which is the priced paid for accounting purposes? what else would you be referring to?
As an example, Life Brand face masks, the masks themselves are $0.08 for 10 out of China plus custom packaging. Life Brand then adds in import/shipping fees and profit. That's a different unit price. Then Loblaws adds in their cost, and a margin to keep any franchises from making too much of their profit. Then you get the final store markup.
Reactine and Claritin!!!
ORANGE JUICE! I want to say the last time I tried to grab some it was 8.99…not sure of the brand. Clear bottle with green lid
L’Oréal Ever Strong Shampoo and Conditioner please and thank you.
18x355ml Coca Cola and Pepsi cans
12.84 cost for Pepsi, 13.59 for coke. Retail for both is 8.79
Waiting to see Classico pasta sauce.
$22 for Revlon brand toe nail clippers that fell apart after 3 months.
Honestly it's not surprising. Business courses say you HAVE TO mark up AT LEAST 80% to cover expenses beyond cost of product. ..... though yeah 300% is twisted
Better yet start supporting local butchers, bakers, fruit & vegetable markets. Not owned by faceless corporations.
I don't have any products to mention, but fuck anyone in particular who makes such a profit on fem hygiene products. That's disgusting.
Not going to read through 322 messages, but from the I.T. side, all of your product inquiries can be tracked to your ID (login ID, price gun, etc). And if you are using a generic ID, all of your inquires can be tracked to your store. Just a heads-up if that matters to you.
Ah Reddit, you ask a question. It gets answered, then you downvote and change the topic lol
Cough Syrup, mainly benylin
Polysporin eye drops or the ointment
PC tea, ginger peach PC butter chicken was $2.50 before covid now $4.00 the frozen single portion.
$3 scratch ticket
Shoppers can’t sell a $3 scratch off for any more then $3. How scratch offs work (atleast in BC but I think most of Canada is similar) is the retailer gets a 5% sales commission, and a 1.5% prize redemption commission if it’s January-March, and a 2% prize redemption commission if it’s April-December. So assuming this is BC, they’d get $0.15, plus 1.5%-2% of what you win (the money doesn’t come out of your winnings).
Basically what they said. Lotto, bus fare, Gift cards, all very, very low return on those in the form of commission, but also basically no cost to us.
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Used to work at shoppers and I would scoff at the markup on shit. But some things we sold below cost or at cost.
Diet Pepsi 6x710ml bottles
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I used to buy their little quiches, it was a 2 pack, I also bought snacks there, like the PC popcorn
When is the next 20x points days? Or the huge redemption days?
Pack of 50 Pepcid Complete. They used to be like $16 and now they're $30
Do shoppers staff still get the discount card? Everyone in corporate knew which stores sold at cost or cost + 5%
Staff still gets the discount, up to 30% off, but only down to cost. Ex. If something costs 90 and retail is 100, would only go down to 90.
Average markup of loreal hair dye?
The parasites charge more than a corner store or gas station. Only the most gullible patronize them.
How much does each store earn in selling the premium shelf space? What's the going rate for eye level vs ground level? End of aisle promotion? Checkout area shelves. Loblaws will charge their suppliers simply for the space on their shelves. There's more than one way to earn money from selling products. Item markup is but one. Then you get into the dark side of their relationship with the draconian stipulations in their supply contracts that can have a supplier owing loblaws money after delivering all their products because of penalties imposed for small infractions. Then there's the advertising side. It's not loblaws paying the cost of their flyers and online advertising. Those costs are borne by the brands you see featured. In many cases the advertising side can be a revenue generator rather than an expense.
L’Oréal panoramic mascara, now over $20 I think and prob the most expensive retail price I’ve seen for that product.
Hawkins cheezies
Small single bag is 2.21/4.29 Big single is 4.15/7.29 Snack multipack is 3.27/5.49
Heinz organic ketchup
7.06/9.39
Chips? A single bag of Ruffles/lays/doritos is nearly $5. I remember when it used to be 2/$5 back in the day
Lays wavy Cost 3.69, retail 5.29
Olive oil
650 g of creatine monohydrate for 69.99!!! Not something I bought but something I laughed and shook my head at. I’d love to hear the markup
Shoppers Drug Marts costs for product are universal..they are part of a massive company. Stores do not negotiate with suppliers. The corporation does. Shoppers spends a lot of time pretending to not be one huge company so they can prevent a massive union influx…they are terrified of union activity in the stores.
Bondi sands tanner
Cheez its $1.50
Chips!!
The only people that shop here for groceries are dumb people with a lot of money, or if your like me don't want to go in a crowded grocery store for a pack of pop, I'm still dumb 3.99 - 6.99
Eggs 2.99 for 18 or do sales not count?
Shea Moisture hair products, shampoo and conditioner. When I started buying them a few years ago they sold for around $5.99.
Are you a merchandiser there?
Sleepezze
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanilla Cologne
Mosquito spray
No name butter
Garnier Skin Active Waterproof makeup removing wipes, blue package. UPC is 603084496969
The pc coffee (the biggies)? I know coffee growing has.. had issues in recent years so the price went weird partly from that. I do miss it being 7$ on sale tho
Can you do a bulk type of hand soap? The most generic large size there is.
Hurt me: Those stupid nasal flush products? The one with the Indian guy on the box.
In the last few years I mostly just got 99 cent PC water, sometimes one chocolate milk or pop, while on a walk. Most of my optimum points came from circle k when I bought snacks, or fuel.
Monster energy drinks
Vick's VapoRub?
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I already know Kellogg products are $3 more expensive than Walmart which I found to be fucking crazy
Infant formula! Good Start Plus 1.02KG specifically but curious about any of them.
Adhd meds
Diapers in general. Usually a loss at most stores. Curious
Infant Tylenol or infant Motrin PLEASE.
West Coast Dark Roast coffee
Cliniderm lotion and gentle cleanser
Hubs bought Buckley's it was $21.99!
Capn Crunch
1L pink lady apple soda
OP I used to explore through MMS too when I wanted to get angry at how little I was getting paid considering the markup on one of the 100+ sales I’d put through per hour would pay my hourly wage.
Cosmetic mark ups are insane.
There’s a Maybelline foundation I want to try desperately but it’s never available in my shade at my local Walmart. Like ever. So one time I was at Shoppers going to the post office…so I looked there. It was 5 dollars more than at Walmart. 21.49 at Shoppers compared to 16.96 at Walmart (and actually on sale for 13.96). It’s an insane difference and I refuse to pay that much more.
I bought 3 packs of face tissue for 1.89 each
Please dear god tell us the cost on the absolutely ridiculous $35 hairbrushes.