Bulk buying tinned croissants (light hearted!)

[Gide]

I promise you, they're actually nice!

Anyway, we're doing a Languages activity day at school next week. One of the activities is 'making' croissants (getting them out of the tin and rolling them into the right shape) Done it before for one class at a time. Next week, there are 6 classes, 180 kids.Off I trotted to Asda to ask if I could click and collect or something as I need 30 tins.

Customer services tell me no, because some people bulk buy and re-sell (wtf?!) and I'd have to phone head office, despite having my school ID on me. So off I go to Sainsbury, who has no such limits and got 20 tins, amazing, given there are normally about 4 on the shelf. I'll pop back in passing for the rest.

Is it a bit batshit to have a limit, which, BTW, isn't mentioned on the shelf? I don't care who gets the money, I'll be paid back. A minor inconvenience to have to go to 2 shops, just a bit of a waste of time.

That's annoying. Your local ASDA seem to have employed a jobsworth.
I clear the shelf of a certain product (food tech) regularly at our local ASDA and have never been stopped. They even go and get boxes off the pallets at the back of the store for me sometimes .
Phone HO and have a moan.

BTW, in future just order on-line.

How stupid. What does it matter to them who buys the stuff or what they do with it? Their only concern should be that someone buys the stuff.
If you wanted to buy their croissants and unroll them end to end in the car park that should be entirely your business. Likewise if you want to sell them for £100 a tin on eBay - also your business.
I'd probably fire off a pissy e mail about this if for no other reason than to highlight the absurdity of it.

How stupid. What does it matter to them who buys the stuff or what they do with it? Their only concern should be that someone buys the stuff.

They're not a wholesaler. Empty shelves are bad for business.

School ID should have sufficed, though.

Wow, I didn't know that you could buy croissants in a tin 😄.

Oh right - so should everything be rationed in case it leaves a hole on the shelves? Where would that start and end? What if you rocked up and there was only one left? Would you be escorted from the store because it is not acceptable to have an empty shelf?
Have a word with yourself will you?

What are croissant in a tin?
Can only think of chicken in a tin for comparison

Jusrol do them. Their cinnamon swirls are better though.

Oh right - so should everything be rationed in case it leaves a hole on the shelves? Where would that start and end? What if you rocked up and there was only one left? Would you be escorted from the store because it is not acceptable to have an empty shelf?
Have a word with yourself will you?

I don't care either way but it's not hard to understand why retailers don't like bulk-buying-to-resell, is it? But, like i said, school ID should be enough to get round it.

Why are you so cross about it all?

Tinned Croissants

It's not really a tin as such and they're kept in the chiller cabinet

Croissants in a tin - I think the OP is talking about the chilled pastry version in a cardboard tube. Not something to be found in the tinned fruit aisle or similar!

I've also heard about limits on goods OP - I think Tesco does that as well after someone bulk-bought enough bananas to get a special offer on clubcard points and tried to hand them out in the car park

Can only think of chicken in a tin for comparison

Yeah I wouldn't try getting thirty kids to roll that out in a French lesson

YABU not to buy the chocolate ones

I assumed all supermarkets had a 10 item limit, so I've learnt something new.

On goodness, I thought I'd get zero reponses as usual!

BTW, in future just order on-line.

I asked if I could do that and was told no. I'd still have to phone Head office.

Jusrol do them. Their cinnamon swirls are better though.

I was tempted for the cinnamon swirls, but the thought of 180 Year 8 boys making icing of the right consistency to drizzle throughout the day was too much for me to visualize! 🤣

Why are you so cross about it all?

I'm not, hence the word 'lighthearted' and the absence of ranting. Just thought it was odd that they didn't want the money. £60, ye know!

YABU not to buy the chocolate ones

Not gonna lie, I've done half and half. The only bother is having to put the mean little bit of chocolate in then you have to fold it etc. More fiddly. I might do those in the morning and save boring croissants for the afternoon.

Is it a bit batshit to have a limit

Is it? As a retailer it's in their best interest not to run their business like that of a wholesaler. It leads to empty shelves and loss of customers.

Oh I remember having those once back when I was little. I thought It was a one time thing coz I never saw them again.

They may well not have had the amount you wanted in stock at that particular store at the time.

Having googled, I can only find canned croissants dough ....

If there’s really such a thing as tinned croissants, I want to try! Link please? Thanks!

Is it? As a retailer it's in their best interest not to run their business like that of a wholesaler. It leads to empty shelves and loss of customers.

WTAF?? As a retailer it is in their best interest to sell as many items as they can AND also to have automated stock systems so that items are delivered into the store as soon as stock runs low.

Which is exactly what supermarkets ACTUALLY do.

But PLEASE do explain how they lose customers by selling stuff?

@Haffiana

I rather feel I would be wasting my time

I completely agree @needsomesleepy. Better spend the time doing some basic googling about how retail works.

Lidl are cool with you buying 60 packets of angel delight, and 30 packets of each of digestive and bourbons. #irrelevant

Some items are sold as loss leaders Haffiana so they aren’t actually making any money/losing money on a particular product. That’s fine when it’s a part of regular shopping patterns, but isn’t desirable when it’s the local corner shop owner buying up two full trolleys worth of bottled water. (Does anyone else remember that story and the police getting called??)