SUMMER, CHRISTMAS, SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Are you planning now to cater for these periods? Have you placed ‘Advanced’ orders for Balfour’s cakes and puddings or Cadbury’s for Xmas Counter Lines from Hollier Dicksons?
What about Xmas Cards and Wrapping, sticky tape and ribbons or bows.
Summer has started as was evident over the October long weekend. Members took a hit with increased drink sales and a big spike in icecream sales
- Have a ‘Fridge Mechanic’ in to service all your refrigeration compressors
- Empty and clean your freezers over the next few weeks
- Start ordering extra cases of drinks in before Xmas. Start with just 1 extra case per week
Xmas is starting to appear in stores with: (Xmas Pageant is on 14/11/2015 and you should decorate your shop from this date)
- Mince Pies – Checkout the Allocation for December
- Decorations available now
- Cards & Wraps available now
These School Holidays will free up Kids with Cash. You need to aim purchases towards this market
- Fun Toys & Stickers (Kevin 0478588977 new owner)
- Party Goods for Xmas and New Year – balloons, streamers etc etc
- Floor Stacks of Coke or Halls 1.25lt or 2lt drinks for CONVENIENCE SHOPPING
LION
Lion are pleased to announce the launch of Daily Juice Balance.
Consumers have been looking for an Orange Juice that has less sugar, so Lion have developed Daily Juice Balance a juice that has 50% less sugar than normal Juice.
The product is available in 500ml Bottles & is line priced to the rest of the Daily Juice range.
Balfours Top 10 Purchases by $$$
- Traditional Square Pie 175g
- White Bread 700g
- Traditional Pasty 150g
- Custard Tart 140g
- Traditional Giant Sausage Roll 150g
- Chocolate Donut 120g
- Traditional Sausage Roll 85g
- Hamburger Rolls 6pk
- Wholemeal Bread700g
- Cornish Pasty 250g
ADVERTISING
HAVE YOU HAD A LOOK AT YOUR OPTIONS? Check both Facebook and Twitter out.
Both of these sites allow you to advertise your products to your friends for free.
Do you do hamburgers, rotisserie chickens, soups or specially cooked home-style meals which your customers can enjoy for their evening meal?
Here are 2 more sites you can go on to advertise your take home offers.
· www.menulog.com.au
· www.eatnow.com.au
With these sites there is a cost of approximately 11% plus a further 2% if the customer uses a credit card so you would have to do your sums but it might just be a way to cheaply reach a huge audience and grow your business.
PFD
We do have trading terms with this company but they aren’t as simple to explain as a straight forward ‘10% discount’.
However on AVERAGE you can expect to receive is a 10% discount. On some products you’ll receive far more than 10% discount whilst on other lines you’ll receive little or no discount.
PFD who has been a strong supporter of our group since 1994 and have supplied us this list of products that members are currently purchasing.