With Starbucks announcing they are getting out of selling newspapers, it is timely to ask Aussie newsagents what their newspaper sales to cafes are like. While it was a trend years ago, I suspect that sales today are minimal.
One newsagent I spoke too a couple of weeks ago said they had closed several sub accounts with cafes because the sales volume was too low to justify the work.
If you have subagent cafes, how are your. newspaper sales to cafes?
I stopped delivery to them when they dipped to below five copies a day two years ago.
Three or four papers a day in the only one left for me. Not worth it.
we have 10 coffee shop customers for a total of 31 papers…they pick up daily.
How times change…….we had a milk bar/cafe back in the 90s that was 50mts from a 7/11.
Our newsagent bill was often over $1000/week.
Papers, mags, put-aways.
We had a great relationship with our agent.
Yep, times have changed, not necessarily for the better………… 🙁