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Looking at the advertisement for the local grocery store here in Shreveport, I see they have Korbel Brut Champagne on sale for $9.99 a bottle. Same stuff they sell on the cruise ships for $27 to $32. And the cruise lines wonder why travel agents aren't sending as many bottles of champagne as we used to. Happy New Year! -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster |
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In article , George Leppla
wrote: BRUT-AL. Looking at the advertisement for the local grocery store here in Shreveport, I see they have Korbel Brut Champagne on sale for $9.99 a bottle. Same stuff they sell on the cruise ships for $27 to $32. And the cruise lines wonder why travel agents aren't sending as many bottles of champagne as we used to. It is the same for the wine they sell. However this should be no surprise. That is the same that your local restaurants do. The markup is one of the ways that they make a profit. A three times markup is the standard for less expensive wine or champagne. The markup for pricier wine or champagne will be less as that helps sell the more expensive stuff. -- Charles |
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Charles wrote: In article , George Leppla wrote: BRUT-AL. Looking at the advertisement for the local grocery store here in Shreveport, I see they have Korbel Brut Champagne on sale for $9.99 a bottle. Same stuff they sell on the cruise ships for $27 to $32. And the cruise lines wonder why travel agents aren't sending as many bottles of champagne as we used to. It is the same for the wine they sell. However this should be no surprise. That is the same that your local restaurants do. The markup is one of the ways that they make a profit. A three times markup is the standard for less expensive wine or champagne. The markup for pricier wine or champagne will be less as that helps sell the more expensive stuff. An old rule of thumb in the food service business is that material costs should never be more than 1/3 of the sell price. If the bottle of wine costs the ship $9, the sell price would be around $27. However, in the volume that they purchase wine and spirits, I would be surprised if that $27 bottle costs them more than $6. May everyone have calm seas and gentle winds in 2010, Cheers, John in LaLaLand (On the Left Coast) |
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What is the wholesale price. the 9.99 still makes a profit. The ships
buy thousands of bottles.. Drink hearty (grin) Live today...tomorrow may never come. |
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Morris wrote: What is the wholesale price. the 9.99 still makes a profit. The ships buy thousands of bottles.. Drink hearty (grin) The wholesale price on bottles sold at liquor stores is usually 65% of retail price. Don't know if restaurants or cruise lines get the same wholesale price as liquor stores. -- Charles |
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"Charles" wrote in message d... In article , joseph f Morris wrote: What is the wholesale price. the 9.99 still makes a profit. The ships buy thousands of bottles.. Drink hearty (grin) The wholesale price on bottles sold at liquor stores is usually 65% of retail price. Don't know if restaurants or cruise lines get the same wholesale price as liquor stores. -- Charles Cruise ships probably buy their liquor using their at-sea, or overseas legal entities, or something like that, which may avoid a lot of the federal taxes on the liquor. If the wholesale price is 65%, a good portion of that has to be taxes, which (guessing) they very likely can either mostly avoid, or at least partially avoid. I've gotta figure that they pay prices much lower than restaurants. --Tom |
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"Charles" wrote in message d... In article , joseph f Morris wrote: What is the wholesale price. the 9.99 still makes a profit. The ships buy thousands of bottles.. Drink hearty (grin) The wholesale price on bottles sold at liquor stores is usually 65% of retail price. Don't know if restaurants or cruise lines get the same wholesale price as liquor stores. -- Charles .. . . and here I just thought they filled the empty bottles and recorked them like I do here at the house. -- Nonny ELOQUIDIOT (n) A highly educated, sophisticated, and articulate person who has absolutely no clue concerning what they are talking about. The person is typically a media commentator or politician. |
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In article , Tom K
wrote: Cruise ships probably buy their liquor using their at-sea, or overseas legal entities, or something like that, which may avoid a lot of the federal taxes on the liquor. If the wholesale price is 65%, a good portion of that has to be taxes, which (guessing) they very likely can either mostly avoid, or at least partially avoid. I've gotta figure that they pay prices much lower than restaurants. I don't know if it is true but I have heard that the cruise lines do get their alcohol duty free and avoid taxes. Also since they order a high volume I would guess get a better wholesale price than a single restaurant or single liquor store. -- Charles |
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On Jan 4, 6:52*pm, Charles wrote:
In article , Tom K wrote: Cruise ships probably buy their liquor using their at-sea, or overseas legal entities, or something like that, which may avoid a lot of the federal taxes on the liquor. *If the wholesale price is 65%, a good portion of that has to be taxes, which (guessing) they very likely can either mostly avoid, or at least partially avoid. I've gotta figure that they pay prices much lower than restaurants. I don't know if it is true but I have heard that the cruise lines do get their alcohol duty free and avoid taxes. Also since they order a high volume I would guess get a better wholesale price than a single restaurant or single liquor store. In either event, then their likely price for a $10 retail is around $5, so the 3x markup would put it at around $15, although if we apply their rate of cork fee, it would have been around $20. -hh |
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Charles wrote On 12/30/2009 8:37 PM:
In article , George Leppla wrote: BRUT-AL. Looking at the advertisement for the local grocery store here in Shreveport, I see they have Korbel Brut Champagne on sale for $9.99 a bottle. Same stuff they sell on the cruise ships for $27 to $32. And the cruise lines wonder why travel agents aren't sending as many bottles of champagne as we used to. It is the same for the wine they sell. However this should be no surprise. That is the same that your local restaurants do. The markup is one of the ways that they make a profit. A three times markup is the standard for less expensive wine or champagne. The markup for pricier wine or champagne will be less as that helps sell the more expensive stuff. All the more reason for dining at fine restaurants with (BYOB) policies. -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "The poor dog is the firmest of friends, the first to welcome the foremost to defend" - Lord Byron View My Web Pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 My Shutterfly Page http://photosbybrianmk.shutterfly.com/ |
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