menards and speed

ok went a 1mile up the road to get more speed energy today and it was not on the shelf by rip energy like its been so i looked around and found 16oz 4packs of unlead and ethanol bye the front door when u walk in with 2 faceing on the shelf and on a end cap with 4 faceings with red tags on them dont know what that means but they wore $5.98 a 4 pack for 16oz then i found the 4packs of 12oz fuel and octane on top of the 15 foot high rack bye the rip energy had to get someone with a ladder to get them down for me and they wore $5.00 a 4 pack for 12oz i guess what im trying to say it seem like they are lose some shelf space they use to have 2 shelf 4foot long but this is what i got
octane 12oz 4pack $5.00
fuel 12oz 4pack $5.00
ethanol 16oz 4pack $5.98
unlead 16oz 4pack $5.98
tolal $23.72

just worry they will take it out of the store sometime if they do ill get online

ps this was the washington illinois store

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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on March 26, 2012 at 9:58am

I tried and even had a discussion about what I could do in my area, and they weren't interested. Maybe there were 1000s with the same idea I had, but never made any ground.

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Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on March 26, 2012 at 8:51pm

LAS VEGAS REBEL GAs STATION in Tropican and Pecos has Ethanol! big cans toos my new flavor!

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Permalink Reply by JIGGY JAY on March 26, 2012 at 11:32pm

Found ethanol at terribles on mtn vista and russell too! Now if I can find it a littlecloser to home I'd be set ( lake mead/warm springs)

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on March 26, 2012 at 9:09pm

maybe with the CUP car parked,Robby's staff may have time to respond to inquires.Try again please (that includes myself)

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Permalink Reply by Drew Gerhart on March 27, 2012 at 3:10pm

I'd love to get the opportunity to be a part of a street team or work in marketing. Never get responses back either.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on March 26, 2012 at 11:09pm

First you have to put some skin in the game. Buy 5 cases of each flavor, 5 cooler barrels, and hit the 4X4 parts and accessory shops, mom & pop stores, and catering truck owners. Go to Home Depot and Lowes in the morning with a cooler and sell to the day laborors (who don't blink twice at spending $4 for a 8oz can of Red Bull at 7-11.) Build from there.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Fifield on March 26, 2012 at 11:45pm

I agree with this. If one was going to start a distribution company, they need to put their $ on the table. I am sure they can purchase signs, etc. from Speed. Then, go out and knock on doors of gas stations, and anything else that might sell it. Then, build from there.

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Permalink Reply by Brett Crawford on March 27, 2012 at 11:05am

If one was starting a distribution company, the LAST product I'd sell would be the one that said I had to buy at retail, buy the coolers/signs, and then sell door to door. You'd be out of business in a month.

There are typically different levels of wholesale depending on quantities purchased. I'm sure SPEED wholesale pricing falls into this as well. It would be nice if individual stores could sign up, provide their tax ID number/resale license, and receive the nominal wholesale pricing on product initially purchased direct. If it builds from there, that store receives better pricing.

You actually don't NEED a distribution company that way, as you're selling direct to retail.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on March 27, 2012 at 12:51pm

There's nothing stopping a store from buying direct from manufacturing if they purchase in volume, i.e., WalMart, Kroger, etc. that have their own warehousing and distribution networks. With the exception of in-house brands, 7-11 doesn't warehouse anything - too costly, they rely on local and regional distributors to stock the stores. For a manufacturer like Pepsi and Coke to sale direct to mom & pop stores is simply not cost efficient.

My suggestion was if someone is interested in distributing SPEED Energy, do your homework. Put together a business plan, submit a proposal, negotiate a price, lay your money down, and work hard. Business 101. No guarantees of becoming a millionaire or even a thousandaire. But if done right you could carve yourself a nice little niche and make a few bucks.