I should’ve guess that this kind of retailing would gather pace quickly going from virtually unheard-of to household name after seeing some statistics on the news a month or two back. I can’t quote it but it said there was something like a 60% increase in the building of warehouse storage units in only a few years as it seems like virtually everyone is moving away from High Street shopping if they can, and of course the virus hasn’t helped/has helped.
Gather pace ? Chris, I joined as an individual member through my work nearly 20 years ago Not even sure the Reading branch was one of the first to open in the UK. Been around since 1983, opened in Seattle and are now claimed to be the 4th largest membership warehouse in the world. Andy
Never heard of ‘em! (And re-: “gathering pace “, I was just generalising and hadn’t mentioned Costco in that sentence) Just like similar retailers around the world, it could be they’ve just grown* a lot, relatively recently, in the UK, as I was trying to say. *”grown” doesn’t have to mean expanding like Lidl or Aldi, a store in every town, but just gaining the ability to stock a far greater capacity in one location than was previously possible.
That’s gone right over my head mate. Trying to think of an analogous organisation, something like Bookers. They provide access to a wide range of products to small businesses, retailers, B&Bs and the like. You don’t get to buy 1 toilet roll, you buy 90, caterer’s packs of groceries, vegetable oils by the 5 gallons, kids toys, tools, a whole load of shit you don’t want or need Andy
EDIT this is what I was trying to get at Andy, and turns out I wasn’t far off the mark ( A snippet from Wikipedia) :- I will try and find the “rapid growth “ article when I’ve got a moment.
Working hard today on site fitting w/tops etc but NOT one cup of drink offered all day, jesus christ who are these people in their ivory tower.
Little snippet Bookers is owned by Tesco, One Stop is also owned by Tesco. Reason for Tesco buying OS was they were finding increasing friction when trying to open Tesco local. The end of independent corner shops for want of a better description draws ever closer, once there isn’t enough to make the wholesalers viable small Indy shops will find it harder to be supplied. A lot of the small shops in my local are Nisa branded shops who are now owned by the Cooperative group.
I’ve been waiting for those to come in, ended up giving in and paying the Bezos tax and getting them online.
He has already text me, got two packs of them for MrsRoadtrip to do the house work hope she doesn't see this
