Family Food Bakery & RiteWay clash over $1 hike on bread
It was yesterday, October 19, 2016 that it was published in a section of the media that Family Food Bakery was unhappy that the local supermarket to which it supplies locally produced bread had jacked up its shelf price by a dollar without consulting the bakery.
Family Food Bakery has been operated by Julia and Tyler Dawson for approximately four years now. Mrs Dawson reportedly said, “RiteWay’s latest strong-arm antic of unilaterally increasing the price of our bread loaves from $6 to $7 last Friday without any agreement or consultation with us is frankly unacceptable and not how we do business.”
The company stated that it had since ceased supplying RiteWay because of this as it felt its customers were being exploited.
RiteWay blames Family Food Bakery
However, this public statement did not go down well with RiteWay who fired back, making it public that in fact it was Family Food Bakery that had hiked its price, resulting in the new shelf price.
In a statement posted on the BVI Community board, RiteWay said, “In response to the allegations made by Family Food Bakery, that RTW increased the prices from $6 to $7 on bread loaves purchased from their business we wish to state that the price increase was initiated by the Family Food Bakery on September 27th, 2016 after it was communicated to us that their selling price per loaf was increased by 33%.”
It was further explained, “Despite the claims that RTW raised our prices without any agreement or consultation with the Family Food Bakery, we can confidently say that efforts were made to communicate with the owners of the establishment on October 9, 2016 to discuss the issue of pricing, but those efforts proved futile as no response was received.”
RTW said that after reviewing the product’s pricing, they made the decision to absorb some of the cost by increasing the retail price of the Bread by 25%, which is below the price imposed on us by the vendor.
“In line with our ethical responsibilities to our vendors, the details surrounding our relationship with this vendor will not be disclosed. However, we wish to state that it is never nor has it ever been our intention to “strong arm” any business with whom we partner to supply our customers’ needs,” said RTW’s release.
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17 Responses to “Family Food Bakery & RiteWay clash over $1 hike on bread”
Besides of International Perfums and exclusive Designer Fashion, nowhere in the world can a vendor regulate or even suggest for how much the products are sold for. La Baguette sells excellent bread and are here since donkey years. RTW is supporting some newcomers from SA and are treated like this??
but I bought that bread and it had no taste. Just baked flour in your mouth.