Build a six pack question

Ummmm, at most stores (TW included), the 12 oz. bottles are much cheaper per ounce than the bombers. I'd say 99% of the beers follow that rule.

Did you type that wrong?

 

I was referring to their individual bottle pricing as opposed to pricing out a 6/12 pack. Funny thing is I never thought about comparing the price per ounce on six pack compared to a bomber since the bombers I buy usually aren't distributed in 12 ounce bottles.

 

Even so, the single price/bottle is 20% (at most) more than the price/bottle when buying a 6-pack.

For example, at the TWs in the Tampa Bay Area, any sixer that goes for $9.99 (or $1.67/beer at that rate) has a single bottle price of anywhere from $1.79-1.99 per bottle... a single bottle premium of 7-20%. That same beer that costs $1.99 for a single (or $9.99 for a sixer) will cost $5.79 - $5.99 for a 22 oz. bomber.

 

Your strategy is flawed. You need to get two six packs and put three Levitations in each, then fill the other slots with other beers. This way you won't be pointing out that they are stupid and you can take advantage of that pricing more than once. Now they are probably going to change the prices.

 

Sounds like the case of the PA problems to me.

 

Levitation is $11 in your area? Christ almighty I'm never coming to visit.

 

Usually in my experience down here, the singles are individually priced a small amount higher than 1/6 of the 6 pack price of the same beer.. They are figuring you will pay a few cents more for them breaking up the pack so you can try the beer. Each single beer is marked priced and scanned individually and there isn't a SET price for a mix 6 pack. That way you can get a $1 beer and a $3 beer and a $5 beer in your mixpack

 

A new trend is not pricing mix-a-six by the 6 pack, but rather pricing individual beers by their own price points so there is more variety for the customer and the business isn't at a loss. For instance, you can't put a Delirium Tremens in a mix-a-six and expect to make money at $9.99. The Whole Foods in North Dallas - at least in Plano, I'm not sure about the other locations - now prices all broken-up single bottles by their own price and not by a flat rate for 6, that way, everybody wins. Customers who want the pricier stuff can try it and buy cheaper bottles to go with it, or just buy a couple singles rather than an entire 6-pack. The sky's the limit!

 

Those bombers fit in the carriers?

OP: There is nothing wrong with doing what you did and if they have a problem with it they should fix their pricing accordingly.

 

If it's a douchebag move then I am the biggest offender. Last summer a large grocery chain had GI Matilda & Sofie in the build your own for $7.99 and right next to it were the 4pks selling for $9.99. Grabbed two sixers thinking I'd never see that again. Week after week it was in the rack so I kept stocking up. They no longer carry those two so they were just clearing it out and I was glad to help.

 

Sorry, it was 60 and 90 in 12oz. Had to check the fridge.

 

Maybe it wasn't actually against the rules, but I do think it was kind of in bad taste. The way I see it is this: The beer manager started doing mix-sixes to be an extra convenience to be able to try some new beers without having to buy more of them- sometimes you might pay more per bottle than the original sixer and sometimes less (assuming a fixed price for the six; otherwise this isn't an issue), but the cost of the mixed-six is probably calculated to generally even out.

Personally, I think that having a good relationship with the beer guy can be a great thing for a whole bunch of reasons, and I think that exploiting the "sometimes less" aspect of the mixed-six to save $3 can only have a negative effect on that relationship. I of course don't know this guy's demeanor, but I have to imagine that if he remembers you, he's not likely to go too far out of his way to help you get some rarer bottles, show you new stock, etc.

Of course, at the big, "faceless" places (like the Wegmans by me), it seems rather unlikely you'd ever build such a relationship, in which case I'd say go for it.

 

There are some Jewel-Oscos in the Chicago area (Mariano's has a great mix-6 section, too) where the selection is outstanding and filled with Uinta, high-ABV Flying Dogs, the occasional Imperial stout (including Founder's Breakfast). But mostly the other Oscos have your garden variety Bells, Two Bros., Great Lakes, Goose, etc. I was never so happy as one day there were a couple bottles of Lake Erie Monster there for the taking.

 

In the two stores I've done this, the singles are actually slightly marked up from what they would cost per bottle out of a 6 pack I believe.

 

I have no problem with what you did, I've done the same thing myself. About a month ago, the store by me had DFH Indian Browns in their mix a six section - a sixer of it is usually $11.99-12.99 and the mix a six section is 9.99. They had probably 12 of the DFH Indian browns, so I filled up my sixer with all six DFH's, plus I didnt really see anything else of interest in the mix a six section. To me, if it is available for the taking, it makes no difference if Six people take one or one person takes all six.

 

It kind of has to go both ways. You can't say its ok for the store owner to come up with a round-a-bout scheme at making a few extra bucks by essentially charging more than the suggested retail price of a product.. and then say NO, its not ok for the consumer to try to save a few bucks by shopping smartly.

 

I think you may mean 60 and 90 min. If 75 min was 6 for 9.99, please ship me all of them.

 

Similar here - everything is priced as singles, they individually check each bottle, then give you like a 20% discount or so. Not sure why given the havoc it must cause on the shelves, but my two go-to stores both do this. Would be interesting to see what happened bringing up a generic mix-a-six sleeve filled with six of the same...most I've done is three pairs of two Personally I think they would catch on no problem and give me the "heyyyy...whatcha tryin' to pull..." thing. But these two stores are pretty savvy and have decently trained employees.

 

Yeah, I corrected up a bit in the thread.

 

Who doesn't love a good mixed sixer of Bartles & Jaymes?