Sales tip for newsagents: good chef bad chef selling very well

Mark Fletcher
January 25th, 2013 · 15 Comments

Check your sales for new food title good chef bad chef. We have sold four of our five copies in a few days and ordered more. I have heard from another newsagent who sold all five copies in two days. They have ordered more stock.

At $17.95 a copy, a sale of good chef bad chef is good business.

This is an excellent Australian cookbook connected with the popular Australian TV show of the same name. It’s an easy sell for us.

Our own experience is that placing it with weeklies works best. Yes, shoppers are prepared to spend $17.95 on impulse!

Food titles continue to do very well.

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1 Nick // Jan 25, 2013 at 10:24 AM

Hi Mark,

If any newsagents would like poster designs please feel free to email me at nick@cmma.com.au and I will be able to send them directly through to them.

Good Chef Bad Chef is on air for the next 13 weeks / 5 days a week / Network 10 and will be running 2 x 15 sec promos (every show) pushing consumers to retailers. See the link below:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9m6Yae8dL2PZkNMQ0tra2F0Tzg/edit?pli=1

There will also be weekly Facebook posts promoting the magbook to the 10,500+ fans.

Appreciate the support through the newsagent channel.

many thanks
Nick
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2 jessie // Jan 25, 2013 at 11:33 AM

Hi Nick
We have sold out of the stock we were sent but could not find out if there was an issue 2 to follow soon or if this was the only one for a while could you please let me know.

Thanks

Jessie
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3 Mark Fletcher // Jan 25, 2013 at 12:01 PM

Jessie, it’s just come out. order more now.
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4 Lyn // Jan 25, 2013 at 12:12 PM

Hi We did not receive this magazine and have had a number of requests, can you please advise who is the distributor.
Thanks
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5 Evon // Jan 25, 2013 at 12:17 PM

Yes. We didn’t receive this title either, please advise of the distributor. Thanks. I believe our customers would be interested in this magazine.
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6 Mark Fletcher // Jan 25, 2013 at 12:25 PM

Network Services. Email the publisher nick@cmma.com.au.
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7 Nick // Jan 25, 2013 at 1:29 PM

Hi Jessie – at this stage with Issue #1 only just going on sale and linked to the latest series on TV we are unsure as to when Issue #2 will be published.

It will also depend on the next series being televised and the dates etc, we will sure to be in touch when it does…..

Please contact Network Services if you wish to order more stock – if you have any issues with ordering please contact me at nick@cmma.com.au – Thanks.
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8 jessie // Jan 25, 2013 at 1:51 PM

Thanks Nick, when I originally rang network to see if I should re order or if a new edition would be coming out in a fortnight for example they had no idea. have now re ordered.

Jessie
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9 pam // Feb 14, 2013 at 12:32 AM

have checked book shops in shepparton and no one has heard of your magazine
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10 Luke // Feb 14, 2013 at 8:47 AM

We didn’t get any first issue here and cannot get any through network or even start supply. I’ve contacted Nick from the publisher but not a good start for the mag from network.
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11 Jenny // Feb 14, 2013 at 9:41 AM

Luke, go to net online, that’s how we ordered extras.
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12 Luke // Feb 14, 2013 at 11:28 AM

Cannot find it on netonline Jenny, maybe because we did not get the first one it wont allow extras? anyway back to selling what I do get.
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13 June // Feb 14, 2013 at 2:03 PM

Tried to get extras on netonline but out of
stock (red).
Where is SBR when you MIGHT want it?
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14 shauns // Feb 14, 2013 at 3:26 PM

sold last one 2 days ago
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15 Mark Fletcher // Feb 14, 2013 at 5:17 PM

Email the publisher: nick@cmma.com.au
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