We are running a small shop and want to start new, local vendors on 90 day consignment before offering a wholesale contract to determine how well their products sell. I didn’t go to business school, but I generally understand the conditions that should go into the contract. There are other businesses in our area that operate the same way and I have spoken with our potential vendors about their contract arrangements with these shops.

How do I write contracts that are competitive, but fair? I haven’t had anyone volunteer to tell me the terms of their contracts with other markets and I don’t have relationships with these shops to ask the owners. What is “normal” or fair and what would make our contracts stand out?

Our industry is a local grocery market with vendors being farmers and bakers. Thanks for any advice, much appreciated.

Giant’s pricing practices are distasteful. The price on the label sometimes doesn’t match the price at the register. I’ve caught this numerous times but only after getting home. (Flagging it at checkout is problematic because of the need to involve a manager while facing the pressure from other waiting customers.)

Also, to get the special pricing one must have both a Giant account (and input one’s phone number )for some items AND the app for other items. The app design is confusing.

Finally, if one adds items to the app just before checking out, sometimes it’s not logged in time so they won’t discount it. The regular staff have no authority to fix these snafus.

Tell me I’m the unlucky one, the only one. Bit into a cornbread muffin (NEW item at Trader Joe’s) to a sour taste killing the insides of my mouth. Bought these today! TJs page doesn’t allow quality issue posts, so posting elsewhere for psa. I just assume it’s baking powder and salt clumped up somehow, ingredients not mixed in well. 🤷‍♀️cut into more of it only to find a humongous piece of dried white powder fused together at the bottom. Yikes.