My local green grocer wont even give me a good morning! I'd sure like to beat a little politeness into him if we can't be anything else!
My local German supermarket store are really good with their plants - they last for ages on display. Not good for those of us hoping to grab a bargain!
Barely awake would be more appropriate I think Lesley; my grammar is appalling! I do prefer to support local and independent where I can but that doesn't mean they're always the best and can't be beaten.
My local Homebase is slowly filling my garden with fruit and veg from their discount sin bin. Its not perhaps the most ideal place to shop from and I'm sure my local nursery if they could clear all the tat so you can even see the plants would much rather my money but I haven't got much of it to splash around and a bargain is a bargain! Even if it needs some TLC and water.
I have had lots of good bargains from the discount supermarkets but find that they are usually best on the first day. They can all be hit and miss so I have to go quite often
I have had some real bargains from a small independent local shop that combine garden centre with cheap hardware, tools and locally brewed beers. A winning combination.
Ive had to stop going to the bargain bit so much because i felt sorry for all the plants and kept buying them, cant tell you how many scraggy orchids ive got! Maybe its maternal instinct or something- anyone want a scraggy orchid?
we have a store called Alde it sounds just like the German stores your all talking about,i got a cracking fig tree 18 months ago its now 5 foot tall and has figs,English figs that is
coming from retail this won't be an individual store's fault personally, they might be asked to water every day, but whether management have enough hours in the day to devote to someone standing outside watering, when there's queues building, customers that need helping, delivery processing etc etc, I can understand how plant welfare falls to the waste side.
The impact on profits should I think make them look at this matter . The Aldi i visited because my local one had not taken any stock had 30-40 fruit tree's which had been for sale at £9.95 which is outstanding value this was on a Monday the stock hit the shops on the previous Thursday. They had discounted them down to £5.95 in an attempt to shift them. At £2.94 I and several other customers said we would have taken a chance on the dried up wilting plants. There was also tolleys of Tomato plants & bedding plants in worse condition than the fruit tree's. I dought anybody else would have taken a chance on either of the plants so their wastage in that one shop alone on that day must have ran into £1000's (list price ).
I find Aldi outstanding value for everyday items & their gardening range is far better than most if not all their competitors on price with simular qualities.I also come from retail & if our wastage was that great questions would be asked. So i quess that amount of wastage must be built into the sales forcasts.
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My local green grocer wont even give me a good morning! I'd sure like to beat a little politeness into him if we can't be anything else!
My local German supermarket store are really good with their plants - they last for ages on display. Not good for those of us hoping to grab a bargain!
Clari
Feisty this morning?
Barely awake would be more appropriate I think Lesley; my grammar is appalling! I do prefer to support local and independent where I can but that doesn't mean they're always the best and can't be beaten.
My local Homebase is slowly filling my garden with fruit and veg from their discount sin bin. Its not perhaps the most ideal place to shop from and I'm sure my local nursery if they could clear all the tat so you can even see the plants would much rather my money but I haven't got much of it to splash around and a bargain is a bargain! Even if it needs some TLC and water.
I have had lots of good bargains from the discount supermarkets but find that they are usually best on the first day
. They can all be hit and miss so I have to go quite often
Lesley. I find that with Homebase. You'd not believe the amount of times I "nip in" on my way past "just in case".
Perhaps its a good job all the local independent type places are closed on my way home I'd not be back before night fall!
I have had some real bargains from a small independent local shop that combine garden centre with cheap hardware, tools and locally brewed beers. A winning combination.
we have a store called Alde it sounds just like the German stores your all talking about,i got a cracking fig tree 18 months ago its now 5 foot tall and has figs,English figs that is
coming from retail this won't be an individual store's fault personally, they might be asked to water every day, but whether management have enough hours in the day to devote to someone standing outside watering, when there's queues building, customers that need helping, delivery processing etc etc, I can understand how plant welfare falls to the waste side.
The impact on profits should I think make them look at this matter . The Aldi i visited because my local one had not taken any stock had 30-40 fruit tree's which had been for sale at £9.95 which is outstanding value this was on a Monday the stock hit the shops on the previous Thursday. They had discounted them down to £5.95 in an attempt to shift them. At £2.94 I and several other customers said we would have taken a chance on the dried up wilting plants. There was also tolleys of Tomato plants & bedding plants in worse condition than the fruit tree's. I dought anybody else would have taken a chance on either of the plants so their wastage in that one shop alone on that day must have ran into £1000's (list price ).
I find Aldi outstanding value for everyday items & their gardening range is far better than most if not all their competitors on price with simular qualities.I also come from retail & if our wastage was that great questions would be asked. So i quess that amount of wastage must be built into the sales forcasts.
A shame thats all I think