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[Auckland] Wattie's Edamame 500g, 3 for $6; Mainland Creamy Feta 200g $2 (Short Dated) @ Why Knot Outlet Shop

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[Auckland] Wattie's Edamame 500g, 3 for $6; Mainland Creamy Feta 200g $2 (Short Dated) @ Why Knot Outlet Shop
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scott on 29/07/2022 - 13:18 facebook.com (292 clicks)
Last edited 29/07/2022 - 20:03 by 2 other users

Address: 79 Springs Road, East Tāmaki, Auckland 2013, New Zealand

Happened across this shop while in the area for other reasons. Never knew this place existed.

It's a Grocery outlet shop.

Short dated, Expired, factory seconds, and just stuff that has been unpopular at a wholesale level, being sold for cheaper than normal.

Edamame (frozen) has a May 2023 expiry.

Feta is short dated 10/08/2022

Cadbury Twirl bites 135g: $2 (bit melted)

Kilinchi gold dairy free desert [ice cream] , 1L. $3.99

Nando's Lemon and herb marinade 260g: $2.99 (expired)

Tegal sliced smoked chicken 300g: $4.99 (short dated)

Turks Chicken drums (frozen) cage free, 3kg: $16.99

Viva Pomace Olive Oil 1L: $8.50

Vegie Bacon 145gm: $1

Sultrana Bran 420g: $2.99 (expired)

Lots of the product is targeted at food service customers, so quite a different range to what you get in normal supermarkets. Stuff like 1L bags of finishing sauce for roast meet. 5L tubs & 10L boxes of ice cream etc, 2L tubs of sour cream etc.

And factory seconds, like where a bakery has produced a large box of frozen desert, but 2 squares out of say 100 have been removed for QA.

I was there in the middle of a weekday, and it was busy then, so would would recommended avoiding weekends.

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  • lemontreedreams on 29/07/2022 - 14:21

    Why Not is great and I find it is better for meats and cheese than the Reduced to Clear shops.

    • Alan6984 on 29/07/2022 - 14:26

      Totally agree.

    • Plug on 30/07/2022 - 15:42

      Much better. Reduced To Clear leans more towards snacks/junk food etc

  • Alan6984 on 29/07/2022 - 14:24
    -3

    Not sure that this is really a deal as such - the prices are entirely normal for WhyKnot, and have been for twenty years or so.

    • Avantime on 29/07/2022 - 15:13

      Unfortunately despite how busy this place gets most days, they're not well known at all. It's in an industrial area, not a retail district where most shoppers congregate.

      They really need to up their social media game if they want as many customers as they can get, as they're practically invisible in search engines. Some publicity on Cheapies would do them some good.

      • Alan6984 on 29/07/2022 - 15:16
        +2

        I have to beg to differ. Most people that live around Howick, Pakuranga, and Botany know about them. I would suspect that Flat Bush / Otara would be the same.

        Given that they are frequently busy to the point you can't even park, I'm not sure what they would actually gain from advertising - it would just create frustration for existing and prospective customers.

        • Avantime on 29/07/2022 - 19:05

          RTC went on TV a couple of times, whereas Why Knot is very much just word of mouth. No website, no social media, no SEO.

          I don't see any downside for them to post new stock on social media as they arrive - I'm not asking them to go on TV or the Herald. I don't visit the place during the weekends so I never had any issues with parking - I mean there's always some shopper leaving the carpark every two minutes or thereabouts.

          • Alan6984 on 29/07/2022 - 22:55

            @Avantime: Downside = Cost of someone to do it (either cash cost, or opportunity cost, whichever is greater).

            Upside = Not much that I can see.

            Don't get me wrong - I would love them to do it for my benefit too, but I can't see it making much sense from a commercial perspective.

            • Avantime on 30/07/2022 - 14:49

              @Alan6984: It doesn't take more than a few minutes for someone to walk around the store with a phone and take a few photos, and then share them on Facebook. The cost is negligible because some of the staff are just there to endlessly unpack boxes - boxes which customers can open themselves, and they often do.

              Most PaknSave stores and Asian supermarkets do this every week with their weekly specials. Many of those Asian supermarkets have more customers during the weekend than they have carparks. Making social media posts are a very low cost way of advertising your business, and draw in regulars when there's something new to buy.

              • Alan6984 on 30/07/2022 - 14:58
                -1

                @Avantime: Sounds like you would make a fortune opening up something similar and doing it better - can't wait!

          • Plug on 30/07/2022 - 15:48
            +1

            @Avantime: RTC is also a chain and takes on spots in existing store clusters instead of being nestled away in an industrial area, so they get guaranteed foot traffic which turns into custom and word-of-mouth. You can drive past Why Knot and not think anything of it because it's so nondescript. They don't even put out a sign board with a list of current offers

        • Plug on 30/07/2022 - 15:46
          +2

          There is a lot more of Auckland outside of those places, and I agree that the store's visibilty is very low. I've lived in Auckland my entire life and have only known about the store for less than 10 years. I was shocked when you said it'd been around for 20

    • scott on 29/07/2022 - 15:26

      For me, if pricing is cheaper than what is typical elsewhere, I consider it a deal.

      • Alan6984 on 29/07/2022 - 16:30

        Fair enough - I guess that much of the stock at TWL would be a deal that we could post every day.

        Seems like a pointless exercise, as all it is saying is that TWL is cheaper than most other places around, but okay.

        Nothing above in your post is in any way unusual for WhyKnott, it is just that you were not previously aware of it. Bit like someone posting on here a 'deal' that they just found this great store called 'The Warehouse' and listed a hundred products that they found were cheaper than elsewhere….

        • Plug on 30/07/2022 - 16:00

          I don't get why you're being such a dick about this. The Warehouse is rarely cheapest for grocery items, and if they are (as in the case of butter and bread), then those offers have indeed been posted as deals on here, so that's a bad comparison. Heck, people post recurring supermarket deals on here and nobody complains.

          A deal is a deal, and that's the whole point of this site.

          • Alan6984 on 30/07/2022 - 16:31

            @Plug: No need to be rude - please at least try to discuss politely.

            When The Warehouse do a temporary price reduction (as in the case of butter temporarily being $4.00 against a normal $4.90) then that is a deal worth posting.

            When The Warehouse introduced butter (which they weren't selling before at $4.90 against the main supermarkets charging, say, $5.99, then that is a deal.

            However, to take an example from the OP:

            'Tegal sliced smoked chicken 300g: $4.99 (short dated)'

            That is actually quite expensive for WhyKnot at $16.63 per kg. I often purchase smoked chicken at WhyKnot for less than $10 per kg.

            I appreciate that the OP was not previously aware of WhyKnot, and may well have thought that these were all great deals, but reality is that the prices above are not actually anything special - most are very ordinary, everyday prices for WhyKnot.

            Probably the best 'deals' that WhyKnot do are when things are either less than $0.50 or even $Nil. For example, they sometimes have dips / hummus for free (usually limited to two per day per paying customer and late dated) - that would be an example of a true deal worth posting.

            Discovering something that many people were already aware of doesn't suddenly make it a deal.

            • Plug on 30/07/2022 - 18:13

              @Alan6984: You're in here shitting all over someone's post yet I'm the one being rude? If it's an issue with the rules you have them take it to the site discussion on the forum. Seeing negativity like yours in here is the worst.

              This is an upvoted deal with supporters in the comments yet you keep trying to push your point. No one cares.

              • Alan6984 on 31/07/2022 - 00:38

                @Plug: I appreciate the degree to which you feel the point is worth continued debate - most others have moved on, but you are still here - good show!

                However, I also understand that the point is difficult to understand, and perhaps nuanced beyond someone of my tender years.

                If I have used profanity, I apologise - it betrays my lack of intellect, for which I am, of course, suitably embarrassed.

    • danvelopment on 29/07/2022 - 15:36
      +4

      A deal is a deal.

      A promotion doesn't make a deal, a deal is something that is cheaper than can ordinarily be found.

      If you limit it exclusively to promotions, then you're basically punishing companies that are cheaper than everyone else and don't have the margin to discount any further, and rewarding companies that operate at higher margins.

      • Alan6984 on 29/07/2022 - 16:33
        -3

        It's not clear what you are trying to say, but the prices are the same as can 'ordinarily be found' at WhyKnot,

        This is not a promotion at all - they are just the same pricing you would always get at that store.

  • 1cheapo on 29/07/2022 - 14:26
    +2

    Aisles are fairly narrow and often crowded. Parking can sometimes be quite difficult too. It's a fantastic place but avoid bringing kids if possible.

    • Plug on 30/07/2022 - 15:51

      Also try and go during the week or late in the day during the weekend, as that's when the crowds thin out. Early on it's utter insanity, as the store is cramped and everyone has a trolley

  • kiwiicheapies on 29/07/2022 - 14:44

    Love Why Knot, heard about it earlier this year and fell in love :)

  • Avantime on 29/07/2022 - 15:07
    +1

    They're very crowded during weekends, avoid busy hours (see Google reviews) if COVID is a concern.

    It's a shame they don't publish new stock on social media, like Redcued to Clear.

    • Alan6984 on 29/07/2022 - 15:14
      +1

      Given that they are frequently busy to the point you can't even park, I'm not sure what they would actually gain from advertising.

      I was in there this morning, but couldn't get a space, so left again - not at all unusual, but always worth poking your nose in if going past.

      • scott on 29/07/2022 - 15:39

        Amusingly enough it was seeing a queue of cars waiting to enter the site that attracted me. Few businesses have queues at 1pm on a Thursday…

        I came back after running an errand and got the last carpark at the very back of the site. (were quite a few car-parks when I left).

        Can't imagine the experience is good on weekends.

        Seems like they are at the capacity constraints for their current site, given it is an industrial area, and most people are arriving by car.

        • Alan6984 on 29/07/2022 - 16:34

          Yep - been like that for twenty years, although the actual retail area is now much larger than it used to be, and they opened up more space at the back for parking maybe ten years ago (hard to recall the timing).

    • akrotohur on 29/07/2022 - 16:04
      +1

      Yep, it's due to that I seldom go there, since I don't know what's on offer. But it's also due to them publishing their prices, I also seldom go to RTC, because I find them overpriced…haha.

  • patwobbly on 29/07/2022 - 15:36
    +1

    This place existed for years. They don't do no marketing because they don't need to. Go there in early mornings to avoid parking troubles.

  • Firremann on 30/07/2022 - 14:08

    They used to be good. Now it is not worth it for me coming from CBD (considering the petrol and time). Cheaper to go to my local supermarket.

    • coffeee on 31/07/2022 - 15:20

      especially if you are cutting down on processed goods.

      • scott on 31/07/2022 - 22:59

        Must admit I brought more unhealthy food than I typically do on my visit.

        But they do have a decent range of frozen / chilled meat, & frozen vege.

        But not having any fresh vegies, or stuff like toilet paper means a visit to a regular supermarket (and / or a fruit / veggie store)

        • Alan6984 on 01/08/2022 - 08:40

          They have occasionally had toilet paper, but only the really crappy stuff (pun only slightly intended!)

          However, you are right - it cannot completely cover all your requirements with no fresh fruit or veges.

  • tealeaf on 30/07/2022 - 19:02

    Been there customer for a long time. It is managing quite well on its own through word of mouth and themselves not advertising on what's in the store makes every trip like exciting because you never know what they are selling!

    • Alan6984 on 30/07/2022 - 21:27

      That's true - I probably go more often, not knowing what I might find :-)

  • The Hound on 31/07/2022 - 00:18

    Just watch out for those "best before date extended by…" products. They are cheap for a reason.

    • coffeee on 31/07/2022 - 15:22

      reduce to clear is notorious for selling food past their best before.

      • Alan6984 on 31/07/2022 - 16:39
        +1

        'Best Before' means exactly what it says - after the date, the quality might begin to reduce, but it is still safe to eat. Much of the stuff in WhyKnot is after the 'best before' date, but I'm fine with that, especially since many manufacturers just arbitrarily use a best before of 12 months (for example) after the date of production.

        'Use By' is a bit more important to watch out for. Personally, I would be okay with picking up dairy (say) with a 'use by' with a day or so to go, and just give it a sniff test before using.

      • scott on 31/07/2022 - 22:55

        Yes, but they are generally quite transparent about it.

        Brought 4 boxes of expired sultana bran, at well less than half the price in countdown.

        Still well worth checking the date on every item you pick up.

        • Alan6984 on 01/08/2022 - 08:41

          Agreed - always best to check all the dates, if only to make sure you don't overbuy.

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