One set is 3€ from REWE. The other is 0.85€ in Turkish shop. How do you explain this difference for the same product from the same brand?
September 24, 2024
One set is 3€ from REWE. The other is 0.85€ in Turkish shop. How do you explain this difference for the same product from the same brand?
by Ok-Combination6754
25 comments
Because the Turkish shop bought them cheaply.
Thank you for this post I need to go into a turkish vegetable shop more often
free market.
Capitalism
the store has a guaranteed buy order, 10 people in the middle and a decent markup.
The turkish guy has 3 guys between him and the veg market and he got them for cheap because there was an overproduction/underdemand, and his hourly salary sucks but he works 70h so it’s overall decent
Market economy
Don’t know what to think of it, but on the back of our Turkish shop, I’ve seen their pumpkins being delivered: they all had a rewe sticker on them. Why? Don’t know. I still buy there ab und zu, but this made me wonder…..
There is still the possibility that the Turkish shop will write them on the books as sold for 3EUR and makes up the difference in the account with money from “other family business endeavours”. Not saying it is the case, but it is a possibility.
You can often buy 100 really cheap kiwis. You can rarely buy a million. Rewe needs millions, the turkish guy needs hundreds.
people who buy at rewe are willing to pay
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A lot of Turkish supermarkets cooperate to bring prices down. They also often don’t have fixed contracts and can buy the cheapest products instead of being bound to buy from the same supplier at the same price until a new contract is negotiated
Rewe can charge €3 because people will pay €3. You’re not just paying for the fruit, you’re paying for the chance to shop in a nice, big, air-conditioned supermarket with wide aisles, a big selection of big-name brands, and magically free of all the riff-raff you get at Netto.
The Turkish shop chooses not to charge such an obscenely huge markup. It’s probably a small family-run business that doesn’t employ a lot of staff, and probably caters for people who are just trying to feed their families and don’t have the luxury of caring what other people think.
The Turkish market clearly sells counterfeits /s
Tax fraud
B-goods or that have been stored for a long time.
I have often found that vegetables or fruit from Turkish shops quickly start to go mouldy.
Beyond all the valid points raised here, there is also the possibility that one set are counterfeit. Sungold is a New Zealand developed fruit, which was stolen and is now produced illegally en-mass in China and falsely labelled.
25 comments
Because the Turkish shop bought them cheaply.
Thank you for this post I need to go into a turkish vegetable shop more often
free market.
Capitalism
the store has a guaranteed buy order, 10 people in the middle and a decent markup.
The turkish guy has 3 guys between him and the veg market and he got them for cheap because there was an overproduction/underdemand, and his hourly salary sucks but he works 70h so it’s overall decent
Market economy
Don’t know what to think of it, but on the back of our Turkish shop, I’ve seen their pumpkins being delivered: they all had a rewe sticker on them. Why? Don’t know. I still buy there ab und zu, but this made me wonder…..
There is still the possibility that the Turkish shop will write them on the books as sold for 3EUR and makes up the difference in the account with money from “other family business endeavours”. Not saying it is the case, but it is a possibility.
You can often buy 100 really cheap kiwis. You can rarely buy a million. Rewe needs millions, the turkish guy needs hundreds.
people who buy at rewe are willing to pay
Thank you for contacting REWE Reddit Support. Your request has been filed and a response will be sent to your mailing address in 2 – 4 weeks
REWE – Dein Markt
A lot of Turkish supermarkets cooperate to bring prices down. They also often don’t have fixed contracts and can buy the cheapest products instead of being bound to buy from the same supplier at the same price until a new contract is negotiated
Rewe can charge €3 because people will pay €3. You’re not just paying for the fruit, you’re paying for the chance to shop in a nice, big, air-conditioned supermarket with wide aisles, a big selection of big-name brands, and magically free of all the riff-raff you get at Netto.
The Turkish shop chooses not to charge such an obscenely huge markup. It’s probably a small family-run business that doesn’t employ a lot of staff, and probably caters for people who are just trying to feed their families and don’t have the luxury of caring what other people think.
The Turkish market clearly sells counterfeits /s
Tax fraud
B-goods or that have been stored for a long time.
I have often found that vegetables or fruit from Turkish shops quickly start to go mouldy.
Beyond all the valid points raised here, there is also the possibility that one set are counterfeit. Sungold is a New Zealand developed fruit, which was stolen and is now produced illegally en-mass in China and falsely labelled.
E.g. see this article
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/kiwifruit-zespri-battles-counterfeit-packaging-in-china/ZXUPV36L7FDVXM2DXHEOKTFU7Q/
Very easy, FUCK Rewe.
Short answer: capitalism.
I’m to stoned to explain the long answer.
Rewe has a giant burocratic overhead who needs to be financed and is also a franchise, meaning the franchisee wants his cut also.
In private supermarkets the profit is the salary of the owner.
Oh and also 99% of them don’t pay their taxes right lol.
You getting a receipt everytime you are there?
No offense, but is this a serious question?
Because profit margin.
Or Rewe is too greedy? In a lot of countries you buy kiwis not by ‘piece/stuck’ but by the kilo.
Another aspect could be turn over.
If rewe has this as for product and sells one box a week or maybe some spoil. It will cost more than if a market sells 1 a day.
There could be more reasons. Price calculations can be wired sometimes
I explain it, capitalism and open market