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Originally Posted by Littlearmies
I have a suspicion that that is possible to do here in the UK if you go to the right supermarket and are willing to buy a 12 pack or whatever (buy alcohol cheaper than water I mean) - they use booze as a loss leader to bring people in. It's a big problem - not because I have any objection to people buying beer and drinking themselves into a stupor if they wish (which is what all too many do in this country) but because the rest of us who work in the drinks trade are tarred with the same brush.
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Likewise, I'm in a similar positon in the students union. Yes, we're a bit cheaper than the city centre bars (approx 30p a drink), but we cannot compete with the supermarkets for pricing. A lot of the time Tesco, Sainsburys etc are retailing at prices very similar to my wholesale price. One of my reps told me that they lost a lot of business from privately owned clubs and bars at Christmas because it was cheaper for them to use the supermarkets than the suppliers. And yet every time a drunk student does something stupid its the union that ends up getting castigated rather than a supermarket.