The moment you made the first post I knew you don't even understand the basics or know the definition of importers or both. You are now confusing shelf space with the role of procurement and wholesaling. They are not related. Mind you, asked about NTUC/Cold StorageLet me draw an analogy. You asked if the wheels of a car can be square. There is a fundamental reason why wheels are round. It has nothing to do with your going around the world and sharing your experiences. No reasonably sized supermarket, emporium, or retailer hands over his procurement to a single importer. Entities use bulk buying vehicles when they are small and they have a stake in the bulk buying vehicle or it's franchisee.Like a said, show me one example anywhere in the world where a reasonably sized store uses one importer. As you have experienced this, I am sure you should be able to do it unless you even understand how it works. No matter how I try I certainly can't find square wheels for conventional car.
Ok, enough of it, Scroobal. You have had your share of peppering advice with insults. You're doing your best to end this thread.
This thread is not about proving Scroobal is always right or at times ignorant. Someone brought up shelf space, another brought up procurement. If anything, you were the one trying to digress and confuse everyone. Remember your first post that NTUC has 12 importers ?
I just want to know how CS and NTUC works in terms of sourcing for goods. The point is not about proving whether there is one single importer or wholesaler. I have related my encounter, which is factual. If I don't believe the buyer from the procurement department who says that they have a master wholesaler or importer to deal with all the goods on the shelf, should I believe the opinion of an anonymous person called Scroobal ?
The fact that your ego is big doesn't mean that you're always right. You just cannot accept that sometime you're not really that knowledgeable. And at times when you're caught with your pants down, please face the truth that your balls are not that big and rounded.
You asked me to name you one emporium or supermarkets that outsources its procurement department to one wholesaler or importer. If I name you a few, are you going to call them up and verify ? It's the same buyer from the procurement department who redirected me to the wholesaler. So must I show all my documents to you ? I'm not interested in proving that Scroobal is ignorant. It's a waste of bandwidth. I just want to know how CS and NTUC works, and if it meets that purpose I'm satisfied.
What is wrong with you that you have a chip on your shoulder ? Why must you stalk me everywhere I go ? And always pretend to give advice, but waiting to pounce on gray areas and release your insults at the first opportunity. All because I don't carry your balls ??
Do you know why there are so many guests in the forum who don't post ? You make people apprehensive when asking questions in the forum, for fear that they will be insulted and being called stupid, twit, blur, ignorant ? If you're serious about promoting discussions, attend to the issue in a civil manner and not pepper insults and sarcasms just to show the world that you know something that people don't know.
Scroobal, if you have the quality you're not afraid to be humble. You don't have to look far, the TS in the 'Living in JB thread'' is someone you should look up to.