Convenience Stores. Is this becoming more common?

[daughtersrus]

I don't often shop at convenience stores but we ran out of milk last night and it was just easier to stop at 7-11 than Meijer. The guy in front of me was purchasing a few things. The only thing that scanned was the gum. Everything else beeped when the clerk scanned it so he had to go to the shelf and see what it was marked. I thought that was a little odd.

Sure enough when he scanned my milk, it beeped. He went to the cooler and came back. When I got in the car, I realized it beeped because the UCP isn't in their system because the milk is an Aldi brand. Right on the label it says Aldi and the corporate information for Aldi. Just for the heck of it, I went back into the store. It seems that they have a lot of Aldi brand products. Chips, bread, other dairy...

I can only assume that 7-11 wouldn't be happy with this. It also explains what the people that I see at Aldi with shopping carts full of milk and bread are doing with it all. Here I thought that they must have a family that loves milk when I saw 15 gallons in their cart.

Edited to add.

This was my 5,000 post!

 

[Hannathy]

And neither would Aldi!

I think I would report that store. To 7-11 and to Aldi's I'm also very sure you paid well above what Aldi charged for that milk!!!

Wow is all I can say and no that is not the norm.

 

[happygirl]

My guess is either Aldi own 7-11 or vice versa

 

[Stitchfans]

Sounds fishy to me.

 

[davemill]

Was this an actual corporate 7-11 or a knockoff? I have never seen a 7-11 sell Aldi products, and I have been in many.

 

[Coconut36]

I have never seen such a thing. What's the deal..are people buying milk at the grocery store and what..selling it to 7-11? I am not familiar with the ownership process for 7-11 or Circle K..meaning are they independently owned/operated or part of an overall company? Maybe the manager had shipment/ordering issues and bought some store brands?

That is really really odd to me and I can't imagine the store (Aldi) would be OK with their products being sold by another retailer.

Circle K is more prominent here and I have never seen them selling a store brand..certain name brands (like Shamrock) but not a store brand.

 

[ols386]

So they go to Aldi and purchase milk and then re-sale it for a marked-up price? That seems wrong.

 

[Andtototoo]

When I was a kid, we happened to stop at an out of the way grocery store and the customer in front of us -- with a very full cart of soup and other dry goods -- was the owner of the neighborhood corner store. (The precursor to the 7-11/Stop-n-Go/Kwik Trip/PDQ convenience store.) She turned beet red and told us that the suppliers of certain products -- like Campbell's Soup -- would not service small stores like hers, so she had to shop at the grocery store to stock her shelves.

 

[tasha99]

If the store is going to Aldi to shop,that's an internal issue. Nothing wrong with it unless it's against their corporate policy (this is a capitalist country--you're allowed to resell items).

If the store is getting these from people with food stamps, then it would be wrong, wrong, wrong.

 

[Coconut36]

If the store is going to Aldi to shop,that's an internal issue. Nothing wrong with it unless it's against their corporate policy (this is a capitalist country--you're allowed to resell items).

If the store is getting these from people with food stamps, then it would be wrong, wrong, wrong.

But branding and reputation can be a big deal with companies. Aldi might not be remotely OK with their product name/brand being used by another retailer because they don't represent them and the price they are setting for the item is not Aldi's pricing. I would think that would violating certain branding/selling agreements because the brand belongs to someone else. It's one thing if it is a "national" brand like Campbells or Doritos or something like that. To me the issue here would be that these products are store brand products.

 

[daughtersrus]

Was this an actual corporate 7-11 or a knockoff? I have never seen a 7-11 sell Aldi products, and I have been in many.

It's an actual 7-11. It's listed on the 7-11 website.

I think that they're buying the products at Aldi right up the street because they're cheaper than their suppliers.

I knew that I would pay more for the convenience. It was $3.99 ($4.06 with tax which means that they charge more than the "food" tax rate). Last time I was Aldi, it was $1.79 with tax $1.81.

 

[Cindy B]

Sounds like the owners and or managers are buying Aldi products and selling them on thier shelves.

And no I'm not suprised.

 

[daughtersrus]

I makes me a little leery now to drink the milk. I'm not saying that they did anything to it but was it kept at proper temperature before arriving at the 7-11 store?

 

[Hannathy]

If the store is going to Aldi to shop,that's an internal issue. Nothing wrong with it unless it's against their corporate policy (this is a capitalist country--you're allowed to resell items).

If the store is getting these from people with food stamps, then it would be wrong, wrong, wrong.

There is something wrong with it if they are a 7-11 and people think and deserve to buy 7-11 products. If something was wrong with the milk and she complained to 7-11 they would think it was one of their sanctioned products and would be going to their source to try and find out the problem. 7-11 also has the right as a corporation to require their stores to only carry the products they allow. If the store owner doesn't like it give up the 7-11 branding and go independent. I'm willing to bet they are breaking 7-11 rules.

It should be clearly marked that you are buying Aldi's products

It is the same as why you can't dress up as a character at Disney because people will think you are representing Disney and hold Disney responsible for your actions.

I would still report them to 7-11

 

[pilesoflaundry]

So they go to Aldi and purchase milk and then re-sale it for a marked-up price? That seems wrong.

The gas station near my old house used to do this so often that the Aldi up the street started putting a limit on milk. You could only buy 2 gallons at a time.

The gas station stopped selling milk so cheap once they put the limit in.he was I figured out what he was doing (I don't shop aldi usually so didn't notice the brand right away) I wasn't paying his mark up price and stopped buying milk there anyway.

At the time aldi was around $2 or less a gallon and the gas station was $2.29 and I thought that was good because publix and walmart were over $3.

 

[ols386]

I makes me a little leery now to drink the milk. I'm not saying that they did anything to it but was it kept at proper temperature before arriving at the 7-11 store?

I would be a little concerned about that too.

For all I know, they may have left it in their vehicle during warm temperatures for too long, or something along those lines.

 

[LisaNJ25]

Im not suprised.. my local corner store guy does most of his shopping at Costco.. including the milk.

 

[snapppyd]

I would be a little concerned about that too.

For all I know, they may have left it in their vehicle during warm temperatures for too long, or something along those lines.

That would be my concern as well.

 

[kwelch10377]

Im not suprised.. my local corner store guy does most of his shopping at Costco.. including the milk.

That isn't surprising since Costco is a wholesale club and products purchased there can be resold. For a small mom and pop store that may not do a lot of business it can be more cost effect than ordering through someone and having it delivered.

Aldi is not a wholesale and products they sell are not ment to be resold (at least not in their orginial state). If you look on their website it does say this:

Why can’t I order in bulk and re-sell?
ALDI is not a wholesaler and all products we sell are intended for our customers' personal use.

 

[LisaR]

Im not suprised.. my local corner store guy does most of his shopping at Costco.. including the milk.

I thought this was a fairly common practice for smaller stores. I just saw a guy at Sam's Club load one of those flat bed carts full of milk into his truck. It was over 80 degrees and it was certainly hotter in his vehicle that had been sitting in the sun while he was shopping.