Vending machine with free drinks ..... don't care for tea or vegetable soup but the odd hot chocy and semi ok-ish cup of coffee would be nice But I guess, why should they offer this for free to trade and public It's an extra business cost for sure, incurs staff labour maintaining the machine, requires space for both the machine and also to carry stock of ingredients, instal cost, staff training, risk assessments, the list goes on..... And all for what ? The offer of a free drink is unlikely to generate heaps of new custom so why even bother ?? What's that you say........ T.Stn manage all the above ........
Would it be used much when I have been in our ToolStation I have never seen anyone use the machine - most people want to take their purchase and get back to the job.
Seriously though, I think Screwfix needs to have a rethink over which direction it is going - is to the general public or trade ? Decide on core products it needs to sell, do them really well and cheaply and run proper promotions on items
It is part of their Rural Supplies range http://www.screwfix.com/c/outdoor-gardening/rural-supplies/cat8420001 they took over a company specialising in that field around a year back and it is being successful in the right geographical areas.
KIAB, I was on a job with a sparky last year, and he told the apprentice to get bubbles for the level, he came back with keyrings for a bunch of the lads. All on the sparks card too...
CEF do hot drinks - I have popped in there many a time for odds and ends, not big orders, and the lads still encourage me to have one. It's probably because of less customers, and all the staff regocnise me by name. There's too much of a turnover of staff in screwfix. I've been known by a bunch of staff members on first name basis, both lads and lassies, ask how I am, is work busy and all, and they all leave within six months. If I were a manger and someone I've never seen before came in for a £5 order and left with a hot drink It would bother me.
Most people who birth pig and lambs would normally go to a farm supplies outlet / wholesale / online rather than Screwfix. None of the people I know that run farms or small holdings would consider Screwfix when buying farm products
That's why i always find it funny on the weekends, when the DIYers are in and asking questions about how to do things. You wouldn't get anything useful out of them, and B&Q offer more advice than they need! And yes I know Screwfix and BnQ are sister companies.
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