Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
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I used to work in the liquid soap & toiletries industry some time ago. Yes, it was as boring as it sounds.
No doubt the majority of it comes down to cost. The price difference between a small flip-top cap and a bigger "stand-up" job like the one above could be a couple of pence a unit. Doesn't sound much but when you're tasked with making 350mls of product to retail at a quid giving the retailer 35% margin and still need to make something on it for yourself those numbers soon become significant.
No doubt the majority of it comes down to cost. The price difference between a small flip-top cap and a bigger "stand-up" job like the one above could be a couple of pence a unit. Doesn't sound much but when you're tasked with making 350mls of product to retail at a quid giving the retailer 35% margin and still need to make something on it for yourself those numbers soon become significant.
DRFC1879 said:
I used to work in the liquid soap & toiletries industry some time ago. Yes, it was as boring as it sounds.
No doubt the majority of it comes down to cost. The price difference between a small flip-top cap and a bigger "stand-up" job like the one above could be a couple of pence a unit. Doesn't sound much but when you're tasked with making 350mls of product to retail at a quid giving the retailer 35% margin and still need to make something on it for yourself those numbers soon become significant.
Now call me cynical but......No doubt the majority of it comes down to cost. The price difference between a small flip-top cap and a bigger "stand-up" job like the one above could be a couple of pence a unit. Doesn't sound much but when you're tasked with making 350mls of product to retail at a quid giving the retailer 35% margin and still need to make something on it for yourself those numbers soon become significant.
I would think its not in the interest of the manufacturer to make stand on lid bottles.
If you have stand on base bottles,then most people will never get all of the product out,and therefore have to replenish their supplies sooner?
if you throw away say 5% of the bottle,then overall the manufacturer is going to sell 5%more? So the individual may have to buy an extra bottle in 2 years,but if you are Unilever those extras will all add up.
(I am a tight sod mind, if the lid comes off i will always flush out the remains)
bristolracer said:
Now call me cynical but......
I would think its not in the interest of the manufacturer to make stand on lid bottles.
If you have stand on base bottles,then most people will never get all of the product out,and therefore have to replenish their supplies sooner?
if you throw away say 5% of the bottle,then overall the manufacturer is going to sell 5%more? So the individual may have to buy an extra bottle in 2 years,but if you are Unilever those extras will all add up.
(I am a tight sod mind, if the lid comes off i will always flush out the remains)
But you could fill the bottle with 5% less product and therefore reduce wastage and once you make it sell at £1 the difference between a 500ml bottle and a 475ml bottle will be lost on most consumersI would think its not in the interest of the manufacturer to make stand on lid bottles.
If you have stand on base bottles,then most people will never get all of the product out,and therefore have to replenish their supplies sooner?
if you throw away say 5% of the bottle,then overall the manufacturer is going to sell 5%more? So the individual may have to buy an extra bottle in 2 years,but if you are Unilever those extras will all add up.
(I am a tight sod mind, if the lid comes off i will always flush out the remains)
glazbagun said:
Has a destroyer ever shot down a warplane in the jet age?
Yes.On the morning of Tuesday 25th May 1982 an A-4B Skyhawk of FAA Grupo 5 was shot down north of Pebble Island by a Sea Dart fired by HMS Coventry.
Later that day an A-4C Skyhawk of FAA Grupo 4 that had been damaged over San Carlos Water was shot down north east of Pebble Island by Sea Dart fired by HMS Coventry.
On Sunday 30 May 1982 two A-4C Skyhawks of FAA Grupo 4 were shot down east of Falklands by Sea Darts fired by HMS Exeter (although one may have also been damaged by 4.5 inch gunfire from HMS Avenger).
On Monday 7th June a Learjet 35A of FAA Photo-Reconnaissance Grupo 1 was shot down over Pebble Island by Sea Dart fired by HMS Exeter.
On Sunday 13th June a Canberra B.62 of FAA Grupo 2 was shot down west of Port Stanley by Sea Dart fired by HMS Exeter.
Do charity shops make much money? or end up donating much money from sales?
Went out to buy some new shirts from peacocks for a new job. also figured thought of checking out charity shops just for ties. ive never bought from one before but i did find a nice tie for £1.99 that was from burton in a Bernardo's. paid by card and there was an extra option to donate 25p. i chose not to donate the 25p. on reflection later i kinda felt bad for not doing it. Though I figure in a couple of months I'll just donate back the tie.
Went out to buy some new shirts from peacocks for a new job. also figured thought of checking out charity shops just for ties. ive never bought from one before but i did find a nice tie for £1.99 that was from burton in a Bernardo's. paid by card and there was an extra option to donate 25p. i chose not to donate the 25p. on reflection later i kinda felt bad for not doing it. Though I figure in a couple of months I'll just donate back the tie.
ambuletz said:
Do charity shops make much money? or end up donating much money from sales?
Went out to buy some new shirts from peacocks for a new job. also figured thought of checking out charity shops just for ties. ive never bought from one before but i did find a nice tie for £1.99 that was from burton in a Bernardo's. paid by card and there was an extra option to donate 25p. i chose not to donate the 25p. on reflection later i kinda felt bad for not doing it. Though I figure in a couple of months I'll just donate back the tie.
I don't know, but we are in the process of having our loft converted and with a 15 week old growing out of clothes at a rate of knots, we've donated quite a few bags full of stuff to a shop near us. Went out to buy some new shirts from peacocks for a new job. also figured thought of checking out charity shops just for ties. ive never bought from one before but i did find a nice tie for £1.99 that was from burton in a Bernardo's. paid by card and there was an extra option to donate 25p. i chose not to donate the 25p. on reflection later i kinda felt bad for not doing it. Though I figure in a couple of months I'll just donate back the tie.
I've had 3 emails so far saying they've raised a total of around £200 from our stuff.
No idea whether they've kept track of our bits as they sold them individually, or if they sold it as a few job lots somehow. Will ask next time I go up there.
Shakermaker said:
schmunk said:
Shakermaker said:
Ayahuasca said:
In this day of internet sales, are person-to-person direct sales organisations like Kirby Cleaners, Herbalife and Amway, etc still going?
Yes, it's quite common on Facebook these days, What i see on Facebook is lots of people offering these sales to their 'friends' and then arranging meetings and parties etc!
Google "Ponzi Scheme"....sorry I mean "multi level marketing". *ahem*
48k said:
Shakermaker said:
schmunk said:
Shakermaker said:
Ayahuasca said:
In this day of internet sales, are person-to-person direct sales organisations like Kirby Cleaners, Herbalife and Amway, etc still going?
Yes, it's quite common on Facebook these days, What i see on Facebook is lots of people offering these sales to their 'friends' and then arranging meetings and parties etc!
Google "Ponzi Scheme"....sorry I mean "multi level marketing". *ahem*
ambuletz said:
Do charity shops make much money? or end up donating much money from sales?
Went out to buy some new shirts from peacocks for a new job. also figured thought of checking out charity shops just for ties. ive never bought from one before but i did find a nice tie for £1.99 that was from burton in a Bernardo's. paid by card and there was an extra option to donate 25p. i chose not to donate the 25p. on reflection later i kinda felt bad for not doing it. Though I figure in a couple of months I'll just donate back the tie.
Some do make a lot, yes. I used to work for a charity that ran its own businesses, the profits from which went to the care of disabled adults. We had four main incomes and the largest in terms of 'bang for your buck' was the charity shop in a small village (although, it was the smallest in terms of actual £'s, the outlay was tiny). Think we owned the building outright and it was staffed by volunteers, so the cost of running it was marginal which I guess helped, no idea how some of them fair on the high street with rent to pay, but I guess they must do enough to stay open!Went out to buy some new shirts from peacocks for a new job. also figured thought of checking out charity shops just for ties. ive never bought from one before but i did find a nice tie for £1.99 that was from burton in a Bernardo's. paid by card and there was an extra option to donate 25p. i chose not to donate the 25p. on reflection later i kinda felt bad for not doing it. Though I figure in a couple of months I'll just donate back the tie.
ambuletz said:
Do charity shops make much money? or end up donating much money from sales?
Went out to buy some new shirts from peacocks for a new job. also figured thought of checking out charity shops just for ties. ive never bought from one before but i did find a nice tie for £1.99 that was from burton in a Bernardo's. paid by card and there was an extra option to donate 25p. i chose not to donate the 25p. on reflection later i kinda felt bad for not doing it. Though I figure in a couple of months I'll just donate back the tie.
Yes.Went out to buy some new shirts from peacocks for a new job. also figured thought of checking out charity shops just for ties. ive never bought from one before but i did find a nice tie for £1.99 that was from burton in a Bernardo's. paid by card and there was an extra option to donate 25p. i chose not to donate the 25p. on reflection later i kinda felt bad for not doing it. Though I figure in a couple of months I'll just donate back the tie.
In the 90s, I worked as Marketing Manager at Barnardo's trading division and some of their stores turned over as much as neighbouring commercial stores but with a fraction of the overheads.
Not all shops were intended to make a profit. You'd have shops in wealthy areas where people would donate but seldom buy so the stuff donated there would go to a central warehouse and then be distributed out to stores in lower income areas.
It was (and I assume still is) a very slick operation and from memory, accounted for something like 20% of Barnardo's revenue. In the mid 90s, they were bringing in something like £110m annually and operating on a 16% overhead so the stores made a huge contribution to their work.
TomCI said:
Lazadude said:
Bin.
Majority of it is too small/too little to be made into a wig.
I am thinking of the volume of it all though. There must be tonnes of it. Does it get burned?Majority of it is too small/too little to be made into a wig.
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