Supermarket Tackle

GrahamM

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Remember we discussed this not long ago? I also made supermarket/eBay one of the topics in my latest Coarse Fisherman column.

The bell tolls for a few more local tackle shops.......
 
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john ledger

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Not surprised on this one Graham.
When i lived in Australia the only place you could buy tackle in some areas was at K Mart and supermarkets similiar.The writing could be on the wall although i think the specialist shops will survive
 
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From what I saw of the products that Liddl's were selling Graham and the descriptions in your Netto's article I don't think the tackle shops have anything to fear, not yet, but the writing is on the wall.

Can you imagine the leading supermarkets buying power from the likes of Daiwa, Shimano, Drennan etc. its awesome, but the real problem will arise, if they do go down that road, when they demand exclusive buying and selling rights, as is their norm.

It doesn't bear thinking about.
 
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john ledger

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Yes the tackle in the Aussie supermarkets was garbage but if the likes of Tesco and Asda get in on just how much we anglers spend they would provde a separate dept for angling only.Does any angler spend less than a tenner a week.
Graham
Think this subject would be good on letters CA
 
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Wolfman Woody

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From my angle, it's like the Woolies deal.

The tackle will be on show to a lot more people. Kids will see it and buy it, try it and when they're disappointed because it's rubbish, they'll get some better stuff from the proper shop. But by then, hopefully they're hooked.
 
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madpiker

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and will they be selling maggots etc? i can just imagine the uproar in asda if ten gallons of maggots escaped!
 
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Who the hell are Netto anyway? Never heard of them. There are none in the oxford area.

I would think that it could be a good thing for us anglers if we can get all the gear we need from our local super markets. Surly it will drive the prices right down.
 
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Laurie Harper

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When I was in the States a few years back, several of the big supermarkets were selling a lot of fishing tackle. In particular, Woolies had a very good selection, with better quality stuff as well as the el cheapo varieties.
 
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Wolfman Woody

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Just read your Musings in Coarse Fisherman, Graham. Very good as usual.

What gets me about Supermarkets is, they sell fuel thus takign trade off filling stations, but when the filling stations start selling food they get tee'd off. They sell garden furniture thus teeing off the garden centres and they sell clothes thus teeing off the clothes shops. In fact, anything is their target where they thing they can make a quick profit, but do they like it when it's done to them?

NO, they do not like it up 'em!
 
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Wolfman Woody

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Having said that I, and another guy, was responsible back inthe sixties for promoting the sales of "dry goods" as we called them, in the Co-op Supermarkets. It was little things like dusters, dishcloths, tea towels, combs and things. All very inoffensive, but I guess this is just an extension of that.

Ok, I'm a hypocrite, but not really. All's fair in business.
 
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jason fisher

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walmart sell some very good quality tackle in america, you may notice that the name for walmart here is asda.

so we might be in for a lrue fishers heaven soon afterall walmart lures go for less than half the price of the same thing over here.
 
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john ledger

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Be alright taking a gallon of maggots through checkout and four pints of casters.The other thing they would have to get right would be replacing the dummies they have on the checkouts
Two loaves
Two cod fillets
Three tins of beans
Smoked bacon
Two pints of bronze maggots
Pint casters
Two pork chops
and oh yes luv shove us a handfull of reds in with those bronze.
American Express anybody
 
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Frank "Chubber" Curtis

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Laurie, one of the best outlets for fishing tackle in the States is K Mart. Their range of gear is awesome and a lot cheaper than the tackle shops except for Bass pro of course who have to be the worlds cheapest.
Buying tackle from a supermarket may be cheaper but you'd probably still need to go to a tackle shop to get your maggots and casters because I can't see stores that are predominantly food retailers being allowed to sell them.
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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Q )Whats black and yellow and full of sh*t ????
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A )A Netto carrier bag !!!!
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay

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That's right Ed,

I wouldn't patronise Netto even if I was starving. I once bought some cans of cheap sweetcorn to use for bait from Netto.

Even that was crap.
 
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matt thomas

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there is no way that supermarkets would be able to sell maggots,environmental health would not let them,too much risk,but all dry tackle and lure stuff would be ok.what you have to understand is that in america lure fishing is a national pastime so all the stock is "dry"without date codes etc,we would be too complex for it to work as there is too many different persuasions in our fishing-you would need three ailses o sell everything-and it is so specialised you would need experts to sell it and expert buyers to buy it instead of just a non food buyer that has not got a clue,look at the press release for netto and you can tell the buyer does not understand british fishing trends,its a load of crap,now B and Q could do it....
 
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matt thomas

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i think that the big sports shops have the best chance of doing it properly.
but the internet is the way forward as retail sqare footage is just too expensive nowadays.
 
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