Bunnings good guy reputation hangs in tatters after a damning Four Corners report aired the other night.
In the report, the hardware giant was accused of ruthless business practices that sought to decimate its competition by using its formidable market share.
Well, no better example of this was seen on Saturday after Bunnings big wigs ordered a special BBQ strike unit be deployed next to a suburban footy club’s fundraiser after they heard the club was making a bit of a profit.
We spoke to a volunteer who was on the tongs that day. He told The Times,
“It was so strange, one minute the treasurer walked over and said that if people keep buying so many snags we might be able to get some 2 play toilet paper for the club rooms and then a Bunnings truck came screeching in”
Within moments, the men inside the Bunnings truck had constructed a small Bunnings pop-up complete with sausage sizzle. They then undercut the footy club’s sausage sizzle by $1 a snag. The volunteer continued,
“I remember walking over to one of the Bunnings goons and asked him what he was doing. He grabbed my tongs and told me this is Bunnings town. He then struck a deal for us to supply Bunnings with our snags for just over cost price. We barely made our money back let alone saved up that dunny roll money!”
Bunnings refused to admit it acted ruthlessly and said that they had the necessary permits to run a sausage sizzle and competition is good.
Footy clubs and anyone else running a fundraiser this weekend are being warned to be on high alert and to not under any circumstances talk about their financial windfall.
Bunnings is listening and Bunnings will act.
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