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<blockquote data-quote="Brisel" data-source="post: 6679184" data-attributes="member: 166"><p>I'm interested in this but have just read all 8 pages, so apologies if these have been answered already;</p><p></p><p>Free? In order to get a decent discount someone has to administer the logistics and send a van out with small batches for each farm. What will this offer the manufacturer/wholesaler that would incentivise them to offer a discount to cut out a middleman? For the discount, both parties need to gain something here. I appreciate that IT can replace a lot of people but someone will have to chase up payments or at least set up a card based system, arrange deliveries, sit at the table with suppliers etc. By taking a % instead of a basic membership fee of a couple of hundred quid to pay "fixed" costs plus a % of turnover on top leaves the group organiser seriously exposed. Would it be a not for profit business [USER=6]@Clive[/USER] ? I would be suspicious is there wasn't something in it for you. If you're adding value to TFF members, why shouldn't you make a quid or tow for your trouble and not inconsiderable risk?</p><p></p><p>What are the margins on some of these products? IMO the amount varies but I'll bet it's not much on many agchems, especially generics. How much extra value is there to be captured?</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I'm a member of a very big buying group, who until recently had become rather flabby and inefficient. At the moment they are getting me quality products within a £ or two of FMP prices and they have got me more rebates this year than I've spent on fees and levies. The outgoing CEO has stripped it back to the core buying group it once was. I'd rather pay fees & levies and get the best prices available rather than the smoke-and-mirrors of a reasonable price then a non specific rebate but I'm still happy I'm getting a good deal from a group who sit at the same top table with the manufacturers when buying hundreds of millions of pounds of farm inputs every year. Are there inefficiencies? Yes. Is there a car park by their office with some nice cars parked there? Yep. Pay peanuts, get monkeys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brisel, post: 6679184, member: 166"] I'm interested in this but have just read all 8 pages, so apologies if these have been answered already; Free? In order to get a decent discount someone has to administer the logistics and send a van out with small batches for each farm. What will this offer the manufacturer/wholesaler that would incentivise them to offer a discount to cut out a middleman? For the discount, both parties need to gain something here. I appreciate that IT can replace a lot of people but someone will have to chase up payments or at least set up a card based system, arrange deliveries, sit at the table with suppliers etc. By taking a % instead of a basic membership fee of a couple of hundred quid to pay "fixed" costs plus a % of turnover on top leaves the group organiser seriously exposed. Would it be a not for profit business [USER=6]@Clive[/USER] ? I would be suspicious is there wasn't something in it for you. If you're adding value to TFF members, why shouldn't you make a quid or tow for your trouble and not inconsiderable risk? What are the margins on some of these products? IMO the amount varies but I'll bet it's not much on many agchems, especially generics. How much extra value is there to be captured? As an aside, I'm a member of a very big buying group, who until recently had become rather flabby and inefficient. At the moment they are getting me quality products within a £ or two of FMP prices and they have got me more rebates this year than I've spent on fees and levies. The outgoing CEO has stripped it back to the core buying group it once was. I'd rather pay fees & levies and get the best prices available rather than the smoke-and-mirrors of a reasonable price then a non specific rebate but I'm still happy I'm getting a good deal from a group who sit at the same top table with the manufacturers when buying hundreds of millions of pounds of farm inputs every year. Are there inefficiencies? Yes. Is there a car park by their office with some nice cars parked there? Yep. Pay peanuts, get monkeys. [/QUOTE]
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