Shopping at Booker Wholesale - what's the point?

[d000hg]

I still keep wondering where do restaurants buy food.

Multiple suppliers if they're good, no? Local butchers and so on?

[TestMangler]

I still keep wondering where do restaurants buy food.

3663 and Brakes mostly.

[Ltd]

I still keep wondering where do restaurants buy food.

[MarillionFan]

Booker is aimed at catering businesses, ice cream vans (or catering vans) and corner shops.
Did you not check out the cost of potatoes, you can make a lot of chips at those prices ?

FTFY

[TestMangler]

Booker is aimed at catering businesses, ice cream vans (or catering vans) and corner shops.

Did you look in, for example, catering butchery and get a price for 80 lbs of bacon or a gross of chicken breasts ?

[TheFaQQer]

As with nearly all shops, you will find that they sell some things cheaper than elsewhere and some things that cost more. For example, it's generally cheaper to buy Pepsi Max at Lidl than in Makro, assuming your local Lidl has the stock.

However, Makro is cheaper for things like tictacs and chewing gum than Tesco is.

Plus if you have the storage space, I find it much more convenient to buy the larger packs at Makro / Booker than it is to have to buy them individually at the supermarket.

[Gumbo Robot]

When I was a permie I was trying to become a client of Booker to get access to their wholesale prices. But I was not even allowed in to see the prices, they said it's only for catering businesses, asked me to register and show my limited company papers first.
Some time later I became a contractor, registered a limited company and registered as Booker client and finally did some shopping. To my surprise I did not notice much difference in prices between them and Tesco. I did not notice many customers there either. Spent there about ten quid then drove to Waitrose where bought the rest of weekly shopping.
Can anyone tell me how Booker makes profit and what's the point shopping there?

Used to go to Makro but cost of fuel + cheaper retail competition made it not worth my while.

[Ltd]

When I was a permie I was trying to become a client of Booker to get access to their wholesale prices. But I was not even allowed in to see the prices, they said it's only for catering businesses, asked me to register and show my limited company papers first. That must be everything half a Tesco's price if they protect the entrance that well - I though.
Some time later I became a contractor, registered a limited company and registered as Booker client and finally did some shopping. To my surprise I did not notice much difference in prices between them and Tesco. I did not notice many customers there either. Spent there about ten quid then drove to Waitrose where bought the rest of weekly shopping.
Can anyone tell me how Booker makes profit and what's the point shopping there?