Masters: The Big Blue Shed On It's Way To You

[QldKev]

Bunnings was originally BBC hardware...then Westfarmers ( perth ) took them over and re-named them bunnings

Wesfarmers took over Bunnings in 1994

They took over Howard Smith (BBC and Hardware House) in 2001. I remember it well as I was involved in the changes.

Mate i don't classify a publicly listed company as being Australian owned.
or owned by any country

IMO being floated on the Australian Market does. Also I'm not sure if it still stands true with the acquisitions since I left, but the farmers co-operative was still the majoity shareholder.

To me it's still stands better than a fully US owned chain. Like I said I look forward to the competition in the market place as a consumer, and hopefully we will get air con in the local store.

QldKev

 

[outbreak]

Bunnings was originally BBC hardware...then Westfarmers ( perth ) took them over and re-named them bunnings

No, Bunnings has always been Bunnings, then wesfarmers took over Bunnings, and then they acquired BBC Hardware outlets and renamed them Bunnings Warehouse

 

[Parks]

Great news. I'm not a fan of Woolies as a company (worked for them for 10 years) but Bunnings has been running un-checked for too long.

So many things are way more expensive than they should be for a place with Bunnings' buying power. I have been told on good authority though that a very high percentage of Bunnings' stock is sold on consignment with the suppliers setting the prices...

 

[Yob]

I certainly hope they are gunna have snags

 

[winkle]

And I hope that the castors will be cheaper :icon_cheers:

 

[Malted]

What happened to the Mega Mitre 10 stores? They seem to have fizzled out.

 

[RetsamHsam]

what you fail to know is that wollies already took over mitre10 and so will now close down mitre10 stores or convert them to masters stores. another aussie icon gone.

its just another store people. bunnings arent anything they dont claim to be anything they arent

Do you really think the ACCC would have stood idly by and let this happen. Woolies bought the wholesale supplier "Danks", not Mitre10.

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

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Do you really think the ACCC would have stood idly by and let this happen.

Yes - look at the cost of petrol relative to the USD/AUD exchange rate and the relative price of crude oil.

They'll do anything with enough bribing.

Goomba

 

[spaced]

The service at my local Bunnings isnt too bad, except for on Saturday / Sunday morning's when there's a scrum of DIY'ers crowding around each staff member patiently waiting their turn to ask their silly questions

I go either just before closing time or after work when it's quiet.

Yeah I don't have a problem with there service. They're busy on the weekend so it's hard to get a hand but it's not the staff's fault:

* how many staff are rostered on
* I'm guessing they get paid minimum wage or thereabouts.

 

[Nick JD]

I needed a new Laminate Trimmer yesterday. Went to Bunnings (wanted a cheapie, not a Makita or Bosch tradie's for $400 as it'll only be turned on 12 times a year) and they had none. It was PACKED, at 2pm.

Went to Mitre 10. No one in there - serious, NO ONE. Powertool selection was sad.

Ended up at a Makita shop. Paid $140 and have already destroyed the warranty making an overhead pin router. Schweet!

Bunnings killed Mitre 10 about 5 years ago.

 

[yardy]

fcuck them all, i get all my gear from work h34r:

 

[QldKev]

fcuck them all, i get all my gear from work h34r:

but you never get me any :drinks:

 

[Phoney]

Bunnings was originally BBC hardware...then Westfarmers ( perth ) took them over and re-named them bunnings

Not quite. Bunnings started in WA, was bought out by wesfarmers in 1994 and then they started building them throughout WA/SA/Vic.

BBC hardware in the mid 90's launched an offshoot - Hardwarehouse and started building them throughout NSW/QLD/NZ, then in 2001 westfarmers bought out BBC / Hardwarehouse and either closed down the franchises or painted them green & renamed them Bunnings.


source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnings_Warehouse

As for selling whitegoods in a hardware store; Unnecessary imo. There's already so many players in the market good guys, bing lee, retravision, harvey norman etc etc. Hardware shops should concentrate on selling hardware, and expand their range in plumbing, electrical, timber, metal & building supplies etc to mop up the specialists in those markets.

 

[dcx3]

Bidvest own Mitre 10 (and IGA) and thats why Mitre 10 have gone to down the *******.Bidvest are a South African company and they are often voted as one of the worlds worst companies to work for.

 

[Silo Ted]

Do you really think the ACCC would have stood idly by and let this happen. Woolies bought the wholesale supplier "Danks", not Mitre10.

The ACCC are doing nothing constructive IMO, and haven't done for years Already the Woolworths & Coles juggernaut control the supermarket share, the takeaway liquor business, pubs & poker machines and hardware. They have ruined small business, and continue to push small business into bankruptcy with their loss leading prices.

The humble hardware store as we knew it is a dying breed, and the remaining stores will fade away completely in the next two years as the two big players in EVERYTHING start screwing their wholesalers even more (another victim of dual monopolisation), so they can play against each other with ridiculously low prices to the consumer. While we might win in the short term, the model of entrapment will soon enough change with Masters, and they too will start selling $15 claw hammers sourced for 50 cents.

dcx3, I thought Metcash owned Mitre 10 (and the IGA banner) ?

 

[QldKev]

Not quite. Bunnings started in WA, was bought out by wesfarmers in 1994 and then they started building them throughout WA/SA/Vic.

BBC hardware in the mid 90's launched an offshoot - Hardwarehouse and started building them throughout NSW/QLD/NZ, then in 2001 westfarmers bought out BBC / Hardwarehouse and either closed down the franchises or painted them green & renamed them Bunnings.


source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnings_Warehouse

As for selling whitegoods in a hardware store; Unnecessary imo. There's already so many players in the market good guys, bing lee, retravision, harvey norman etc etc. Hardware shops should concentrate on selling hardware, and expand their range in plumbing, electrical, timber, metal & building supplies etc to mop up the specialists in those markets.

must have read it a few posts ago
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...st&p=797119

 

[Clutch]

I'm now smack bang between the biggest Bunnings in Australia and the new Masters being built in Tingalpa, which is handy since I renovate.
I try to avoid Bunnings on weekends, Friday night at 8pm is the best time.
Not happy with the cheap 25l water containers though, I lost 11 litres of Cerveza the other night due to the tap leaking!

 

[Bribie G]

Another being erected in Mornington 3931.

I reckon there's nothing as good as a mornington erection :icon_cheers:

Hey how's this for telepathy, my boy ( who rings me every two months regardless - cue "cat's in the cradle" ) - just rang me and he's been through the interviews and just got a job at the forthcoming Morayfield branch :icon_chickcheers: He will be in gardening and nursery and will give superb service if you mention Bribie G :lol:

spin out.

 

[cynical]

Isn't this off topic?

 

[Northside Novice]

i heard an urban mith a few years back about a secret pact between bunnings and mitre 10, being that as long as mitre 10 staid on the east coast ; bunnings would stay on the west. so many moons past of happy trading until ,in good ol aussie fashion, mitre 10 said fckem lets invade the west and true to the pact bunnings retaliated in the east and dessimated poor ol miter 10

any ways me cousin wirks for bunnings and says the big wigs up stairs are a bit worried about these new invaders and their aircon shops ! my local bunnings are in the process of converting the nursery/outdoor shop to fully under cover !

woop woop! all sounds good for us fellow consumers as we meander up to the feed lots