Bunnings

[Spada]

Its a hardware store no matter what you say, it has to be good.........

Welllllllllll...................it's LIKE a hardware store.....................................................but for women

after all, it's got 3 isles of mops and brooms, and somewhere for the kiddies to play, and you can have a cup of coffee while you potter about looking at the flowers and garden ornaments ?

Oh, you want M6 stainless hex heads with nyloc nuts.................sorry, but your sh!t outa luck

[Rumpig]

Welllllllllll...................it's LIKE a hardware store.....................................................but for women

after all, it's got 3 isles of mops and brooms, and somewhere for the kiddies to play, and you can have a cup of coffee while you potter about looking at the flowers and garden ornaments ?

[oldmate]

Welllllllllll...................it's LIKE a hardware store.....................................................but for women

after all, it's got 3 isles of mops and brooms, and somewhere for the kiddies to play, and you can have a cup of coffee while you potter about looking at the flowers and garden ornaments ?

Oh, you want M6 stainless hex heads with nyloc nuts.................sorry, but your sh!t outa luck

Hahahahaha. Made my night.   


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[Fizzie]

Now I have to admit, I love Bunnings. Its a hardware store no matter what you say, it has to be good.........
Yes there are better or were better, but its still a hardware store, it has boy stuff and that sausage sizzle......
Yes I still love the country hardwares and the skilled staffers and the better products, but that big green shed......it has most things you need and plenty parking. Oh and did I mention the snags??? Add a steak house and I reckon I could move in...

Our VMR unit does regular barbies at the BGS, which is always good for a few $

Was in there shopping, a few days before we did one last year, & when we finished, turned out the bloke on the check-out was the barbie coordinator. Introduced myself as we'd been exchanging e-mails & chatted for a few minutes (mid-week so not crowded ).

He mentioned that the parent company had recently run a survey asking people comments, what they thought & so on

The overwhelming response to "What does Bunnings mean to you" - Sausage sizzles!

(& if pressed, I would have to admit that I have, in the past, gone in there just to get brekkie / smoko / lunch... )

[Symon]

Arlec, every electricians nightmare! Would hate when customers supplied there own gear and it would be this rubbish!

Plenty of electricians out there refuse to install it.  Those that do usually put a disclaimer on the CES saying they won't warrant the customer supplied components from failure.

[Troopy_03]

Our VMR unit does regular barbies at the BGS, which is always good for a few $

Was in there shopping, a few days before we did one last year, & when we finished, turned out the bloke on the check-out was the barbie coordinator. Introduced myself as we'd been exchanging e-mails & chatted for a few minutes (mid-week so not crowded ).

He mentioned that the parent company had recently run a survey asking people comments, what they thought & so on

The overwhelming response to "What does Bunnings mean to you" - Sausage sizzles!

(& if pressed, I would have to admit that I have, in the past, gone in there just to get brekkie / smoko / lunch... )

If I'm driving past I will sometimes do the same. But I hate it when the tight @rse brigade get the crap supermarket snags. They are usually pretty good though, and have decent ones.

[Rumpig]

If I'm driving past I will sometimes do the same. But I hate it when the tight @rse brigade get the crap supermarket snags. They are usually pretty good though, and have decent ones.

Bunnings actually have strict rules as to what sausages you can buy and where to buy them from and how they need to be stored  if you are doing one of their sausage sizzles. My old 4wd club did a sausage sizzle at a store once, the rules were pretty stringent.

[Fizzie]

My old 4wd club did a sausage sizzle at a store once, the rules were pretty stringent.

They are indeed, but that's not altogether a bad thing.

Local store told us last time that the Council Health Inspectors have taken to dropping in at random to check hot & cold temps, food & cash handling procedures, rubbish disposal & so on.

[Rumpig]

They are indeed, but that's not altogether a bad thing.

Local store told us last time that the Council Health Inspectors have taken to dropping in at random to check hot & cold temps, food & cash handling procedures, rubbish disposal & so on.

yes definately a good thing....only posted it up as I was surprised to read Troopy_03 say that about the snags, considering they dictate what you have to buy and all. I have no idea how they check if you have done the right thing or not, as I wasn't involved in the event, I guess they have someone to check the receipt of purchase maybe.

[Troopy_03]

yes definately a good thing....only posted it up as I was surprised to read Troopy_03 say that about the snags, considering they dictate what you have to buy and all. I have no idea how they check if you have done the right thing or not, as I wasn't involved in the event, I guess they have someone to check the receipt of purchase maybe.

Yeah, may not have been the "infamous" supermarket snags, but a couple of times (not often) they definitely have been a bit sus. Good to see that Bunnings try to keep the standard up though.

[DarWen]

Bunnings actually have strict rules as to what sausages you can buy and where to buy them from and how they need to be stored  if you are doing one of their sausage sizzles. My old 4wd club did a sausage sizzle at a store once, the rules were pretty stringent


Westfarmers may have shares in the in the Meat trade.

[Rumpig]

Westfarmers may have shares in the in the Meat trade.

wouldn't surprise me the way they operate...lol... but I think it is more about people not making their own or buying the cheapest they can find to flog off to people.

[Spada]

The bastards got me again today 

I'm in the process of replacing the rotten retaining walls around my shed at the moment, and needed an elbow for the 1" poly feed to the garden taps. Having a yarn with the neighbour over the fence and he mentions he's about to duck into bunnings cause he needed a new handle for his garden fork. Great, I'll tag along I thought.

Go to the plumbing isle and start searching the shelves.....................................want to guess what they were out of stock of  there was an empty spot on the shelf with a price ticket, but none of what I needed. The one thing I went there to get. Along comes a red shirt,  who looks and says "nah mate we got none, you could try a hardware"  

They also had no shovel handles that my mate was after.

Stop at the hole in the wall hardware on the way home, and bugger me.............both items in stock, and the poly elbow was $1 cheaper than the women's hardware (after all, they do wear aprons).

Bastards.....I hate them with a passion.

[Paddler Ed]

Westfarmers may have shares in the in the Meat trade.

Yep, they do - ABC Landline had a good piece on their marketing of the "offcuts" to China where they have created a premium Australian brand product line and retail environment in conjunction with a couple of Chinese guys.

[Annieandandy]

Bunnings actually have strict rules as to what sausages you can buy and where to buy them from and how they need to be stored  if you are doing one of their sausage sizzles. My old 4wd club did a sausage sizzle at a store once, the rules were pretty stringent.

Unfortunately they don't teach them how to cook snags. Old mate burnt Shit out of the snags and as a gesture of good will he gave me two burnt snags on my bread. Thanks mate straight in the bin keep the donation lol.

[BaseCamp]

Regarding the quality of the snag meat -- I think bunnings would want to QC that - because of that expectation of consistency thing across the chain that the big boys go for....   

(ie:  all McDonald's Restaurants will face out all their products/packages on the tray with the goldern arches facing the customer. ....)

But as for the quality of the cooking process for bunnings snags --I have found that results vary.....


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[3rd time lucky]

Lol what cracks me up is when the people manning the stall ask you what do you want - um gee i was kinda hoping for a meat pie and a latte....no?  Considering its snags or....snags, the only question should be "onion or no onion?"

[Chappie]

That will be me Saturday, colouring sausages out the front of a Bunnings for the kids swim club. 
We get our sausages from Coles, just the boring old bulk packs. 
Bunnings have a comprehensive set of rules on how it is run but then if something goes astray it is Bunnings that get the sharp end of the stick. We try and book a spot fairly regularly so we have to toe the line if we want to go back.
As far as the colour of the sausages i like to offer the full range of colours from tan to brown to black striped, try to exclude the pink ended ones though.

[MadMarv]

Bunnings are great ...... we use them all the time ..... but if i need power tools i go to a power tool shop or timber i go to a lumber yard .... the thing bunnings have over everyone else is there opening hours ..... yes many items can be found cheaper elsewhere but many off those places are only open 9 to 5

[gronk]

Bunnings are great ...... we use them all the time ..... but if i need power tools i go to a power tool shop or timber i go to a lumber yard .... the thing bunnings have over everyone else is there opening hours ..... yes many items can be found cheaper elsewhere but many off those places are only open 9 to 5

Yep, it's like IGA, you know they are dearer but being local, you just duck in for a couple of things.

[Troopy_03]

Their sausage QA guy slipped up again today at the local Bunnings.... Bl@@dy supermarket snags again... Oh well I was hungry, and with onions and mustard and sauce, they stopped me stomach growling for a while.... Now it's making funny gurgling noises 

[Rumpig]

Their sausage QA guy slipped up again today at the local Bunnings.... Bl@@dy supermarket snags again... Oh well I was hungry, and with onions and mustard and sauce, they stopped me stomach growling for a while.... Now it's making funny gurgling noises 

regardless of their quality control there, anyone buying sausages from a hardware store carpark can't really complain about the taste I reckon. Got a friend that was inducted into the Sausage Kings Hall of Fame recently, get a bad snag from him and you can complain, but not from a hardware store.

[gronk]

. Got a friend that was inducted into the Sausage Kings Hall of Fame recently,

Fair dinkum ??  Is that for cooking them or making them ?? I suppose for both !

[JD-120]

Hahah, I like em, get one every time I go there 😀.

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[Rumpig]

Fair dinkum ??  Is that for cooking them or making them ?? I suppose for both !

making them mainly I think, but I have no idea how the competition is run as to whether they need to cook them also. It's a big thing with butchers these competitions, they compete at RNA shows then go on to compete against each states winner I think, before being crowned the best in the country....win best in the country often enough and they then get inducted in the hall of fame I believe. I've never had anything to do with it to know how it works exactly, so don't take my word as gospel on the subject.