Dischem prices increase - reason?

Netro
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26 Mar 2008 08:44 #2158 by Netro

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I actually don't know how to respond to that

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acidkidsa
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26 Mar 2008 11:03 #2160 by acidkidsa

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Think I see a business opportunity...

Placing adds for pregnant ladies...

I think I may need a hand...

(Excuse the funny)

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MxT
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26 Mar 2008 11:26 #2164 by MxT

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Well if you want a busniess oppertunity how about a R80-R100 per kilo quality whey product. With a bit of advertising you will kill the local market in 6 months. And it is do able very actaully.

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acidkidsa
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26 Mar 2008 11:33 #2165 by acidkidsa

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Sure its easier said than done?

Needs to have the right packaging , flavour and so on. If someone was selling me "whey" I would like to know its legit.

Packaging is not cheap.. I am in the industry....

I will do some research...

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admin
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26 Mar 2008 12:06 #2166 by admin

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If anyone is serious about starting to sell their own whey product, let me know and I'll try to make a deal with DairyBelle...

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Netro
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26 Mar 2008 12:28 #2169 by Netro

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Well it's a little more complicated than just buy the stuff and putting in a plastic container with a label. You will need to register a CC for VAT purposes. Then the are SARS reports and filing every 6 months and you will need an accountant to sign it of etc. If you going to really get into it and supply other registered companies, you will need to invest in marketing and advertising etc, determine your footprint and look at total logistic cost of the product before you can just say it's so much. There is allot of planning behind this and this is excluding sending for testing etc. There is a definate oppertunity and a nice niche to fill when it comes to costs and they will go up even more I guarantee you. If I had the time and money I would definately back something like this.

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jo1
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26 Mar 2008 14:43 #2177 by jo1

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something like this:

www.bulkwhey.co.uk/
www.trueprotein.com/Default.aspx
www.allthewhey.com/awpc50.html
www.wheydepot.com/en/whey_protein_supple...377970033/index.html

looks to me there is a huge market in sa for this, and also looks like we are making some sa supp companies VERY rich!!
profit are prop 100% if i look at these bulk prices to the puplic in the uk and us. and companies buy tons, get it alot cheaper!
its fukcing bullshit!! :angry:

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acidkidsa
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26 Mar 2008 14:49 #2178 by acidkidsa

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The money is there to be made.

You will need money to start up as well..

Mixing machines , packing machines , Pastic supplier and so on.

But you can always your a contract packer for that. Alot of the big companies use contract packers...

Would not surprise me if someone is already on it , or has tried and failed...

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26 Mar 2008 17:42 #2184 by Mr K

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Guys its not that easy.

WPC = R80 Kilo...

R80 + R80 = R160 + R20 Packaging = R180 blend it and add sweetner ect... R20 ... So your looking at R200 cost for 2 kilo's lets add the vat at 14% your sitting at R228 cost. This exculdes your mark up , shipping to customers , set up costs , paying the designer to due your packaging.

If there is one thing there is not money in TRUST me its protein powders. Maybe if you set up shop at home and blend it yourself putting it into bag , but if you want a pro set up its cost.If you think supplement companies are making cash out of you on protein supplements your mistaken. They making cash out of you when you buy a fat burner thats made up for junk from China or better yet some creatine at R39 a kilo... All Whey is improted from NZ or Europe...

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26 Mar 2008 19:16 #2196 by Doctari

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Nutrition Lab is already on it. I cannot elaborate on the project, but it has already started - it will be up in running during the last quarter of this year. It's not cheap. The fascility that produces the pharmaceutical grade 100% pure whey, costs in the region of R10 mil. The project is not primarily for the local supplement market, but more for the pharmaceutical industry. But there will be whey available to the supplement industry.
The process of manufacture is patented and the only of its kind. Yield is 100% pure.

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acidkidsa
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27 Mar 2008 08:27 #2202 by acidkidsa

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I knew it would not be that simple..

O when there goes my Gt3'rs

I know this has been mentioned in the past on www.bodybuilder.co.za where most of us have come from.

(Their website has been hacked silly check it out)

What about Soy protein?????? I mean I would be happy making my own Whey ( Soy Whey) and save a few bucks for other things...

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Doctari
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27 Mar 2008 22:25 #2221 by Doctari

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Acid, how old are you? Try and avoid soy prot as far as possible, esp from your late 30's and definitely not beyond 40 years of age. I would not take it at all if I were to be on a heavy aromatizing AAS cycle...
Go search and read up on Phyto-estrogens / Lignans.....

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jo1
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27 Mar 2008 23:12 #2226 by jo1

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i was talking about a bulk raw whey protien powder,like the websites i postet no expensive labels etc,no blending,juz a wpc of 80% or a wpi in a plastic bag raw powder no sweetners no nothing juz the pure protien powder,so kev one can scrap out lot of the costs you ad on there,i still think theres money to be made,just got to have the capital and the time.

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28 Mar 2008 08:03 #2230 by acidkidsa

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I am 26 . Will read up about it .Thank for pointing it out to me!

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02 Apr 2008 19:26 #2327 by Batman

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have you tasted bulk raw whey? urrgh---

AcidKid -- Soy is not good for bodybuilders -- I spoke to another doc about Soy Protein Supplementation and he says it should be avoided -- they are only realising now how bad it actually is for you

If it's not working,,, take double,,,

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acidkidsa
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03 Apr 2008 15:54 #2394 by acidkidsa

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So soy is not a option...

Have never taster raw whey...

Buying 5 Kg of Whey and 5 kg of say .....Evox and mixing them into 10kg shouldnt tast that bad .. It should save a few bucks for more improtant things......

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Batman
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03 Apr 2008 19:25 #2408 by Batman

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the supplement companies "instantise" their whey,, I don't know how they do it ,,, but it makes it easier to mix ,,, last time I had raw whey,, it was really clumpy and hard to mix

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jo1
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03 Apr 2008 22:09 #2419 by jo1

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hi bat where did youget the raw whey, and what did u pay 4 it??

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acidkidsa
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04 Apr 2008 08:50 #2428 by acidkidsa

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I think I now how they do it. They use a free flowing agent and something else that breaks it down..

I think with that type of product is susceptible to moister or lying still for long making hard clumps .. I will try find out what our customers use…

Some of our customers use it for their clumpy products.

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08 Apr 2008 17:14 #2571 by admin

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I would just like to add more interesting info on what I said about Colostrum here .

I spoke to my dad a few days ago to find out what his opinion on drinking Colostrum as a mass building protein shake is. He told me that he and my grandfather used to sell colostrum to a couple of cyclists in the area... apparently they used the stuff for recovering after training. (Remember that this was long before the days of Glutamine, Creatine and sports Protein shakes ect)

I got my hands on some very good quality colostrum with no blood in it; so I'm considering to give the stuff a try and see if it is a worthy mass builder.

You might wonder why I want to drink that kak if I can just as well get Whey and Glutamine... simple... because I can.

Will keep you updated...

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MxT
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08 Apr 2008 18:47 #2577 by MxT

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Dude thats just hardcore-lol

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08 Apr 2008 18:52 #2579 by acidkidsa

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Stuff it!! If it works , I dont care if it taste like crap.. I will chow it...

I have eaten worse things that I have found in the back of my fridge late at night....

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Netro
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08 Apr 2008 20:43 #2584 by Netro

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OMG, Blood in it ..... Fook me that's rough. Just like shavinng your pip dry and getting in grown hairs and stuff.

Admin you like a Fear Factor gym boy :laugh:

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08 Apr 2008 20:58 #2588 by acidkidsa

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OMG ,, I did that with my pip!!!

Never shaving like that again!!!

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08 Apr 2008 22:10 #2594 by kraz

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acidkidsa wrote:

OMG ,, I did that with my pip!!!

Never shaving like that again!!!

Amateurs, lol

Practice makes perfect boyo!

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