Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Price Increase to $3.50

GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 11:44

10 News has reported that the price for a Bunnings' sausage sizzle will increase from $2.50 to be $3.50, apparently in response to fundraising community groups feeling the pressure of the cost of materials.

Acknowledging that these are run by community groups, which need the funds, but also that:

  • they are staffed by volunteers
  • the cost of ingredients (i.e. sausage, bread, onion, sauce, mustard) hasn't increased significantly (to my knowledge)
  • they will now need to manage a lot more change than previously

Your thoughts?
Would you still partake? If so, would you drop from two to only one?

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Comments

  • AustriaBargain on 13/07/2022 - 11:45

    I have a question, is the sausage sizzle at polling booths free? I've always been too afraid to ask. Also I miss when radio stations used to do free sausage sizzles and give away icy cold cans of Coke, whatever happened to radio stations.

    • GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 11:47
      +17

      Polling booth sausages or lamingtons or whatever were always run by community groups, and always cost $.

      Radio station giveaways have long gone I think, but I don't listen to commercial radio. Probably because they syndicate some shows across the country so the 'local' promotions no longer are relevant.

      • AustriaBargain on 13/07/2022 - 11:49
        +1

        Damn, I thought maybe the polling sausage sizzles were free to encourage people to vote. But was always too scared to ask for one in case I was asked to pay.

        • GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 11:49
          +33

          We are encouraged to vote by the laws of the land. Penalties apply.

          • Seaeagles on 14/07/2022 - 15:19

            @GG57: No fines apply if you don’t vote, only if you don’t get your name marked off.

            I have done that at local elections plenty of times. Two elections ago I ripped up the forms and threw them in the bin at the exit. The staff at the door said you will get fined if you don’t vote. I said no I have my name marked off so won’t get a fine.

            She said yes you will get finned.

            I said do you know who I am and when she said no I said good, see you later.

            • GG57 on 14/07/2022 - 15:31
              +2

              @Seaeagles: You are, of course, correct in the essence of your comment.
              But so is my comment.

              • [Deactivated] on 15/07/2022 - 00:47
                +1

                @GG57: I love those penalties they can't actually enact. e.g. Census. There's a fine for skipping census. But simply refuse to your name to the door knockers and they have no idea who to send the court summons to. So there's a fine… but you can't be fined, lol.

            • Lenni333 on 15/07/2022 - 13:38
              +9

              @Seaeagles: Having been that person working in the polling station, you are annoying.

              Some person actually has to sift through the gross trash, pull out your voting cards and piece them back together at 11PM that night on the third or fourth count when everyone would rather be with their family because they must make sure that every single voting slip is accounted for. That is what they meant, you can't just walk off with it or throw it away due to fraud prevention. Use your brain, just don't fill it in or invalidate the vote and put in the box. You are absolutely can to do this… and they keep a very close eye on the number of invalid votes each election as a measure of voter dissatisfaction.

        • stirlo on 13/07/2022 - 11:51
          +8

          No government funding for sausages. But they're normally only a couple of bucks so why not support your local community…

          • AustriaBargain on 13/07/2022 - 11:51
            +12

            @stirlo: My local community tends to vote Liberal.

            • BigTed on 13/07/2022 - 13:18
              +4

              @AustriaBargain: And you don't think the local P&C or sports teams or other community organisations should get a couple bucks because the people in your area vote Liberal?
              That's the genius of the compassionate left I suppose.

              • AustriaBargain on 13/07/2022 - 13:19
                +13

                @BigTed: The private schools in my area, or at least the churches that operate them, seem to have more than enough money tbh.

                • BigTed on 13/07/2022 - 13:31
                  +7

                  @AustriaBargain: There are currently three Federal Liberal lower house members from South Australia.
                  They repesent Barker, Grey, and Sturt.
                  Since Barker and Grey are regional seats, I am going to assume you are in Sturt.
                  Even if you are not - the following is still generally true.
                  There were about 47 different polling booths in Sturt at the last election. Of those 47 about 16 appear to be public schools. There are a further 6 or so that appear to be Rec centres, scout halls, RSLs or non-private schools or churches.
                  So, close to half the polling places aren't connected with private schools or churches. Maybe try one of them. You ok with supporting scouts or veterans?
                  Of just continue on being too scared to ask if you get a free sausage for voting…

                  • AustriaBargain on 13/07/2022 - 13:36
                    -2

                    @BigTed: How did you know I live in SA? I'm not going to give you any clues on my exact location my mans.

                    • Daabido on 13/07/2022 - 14:20
                      +9

                      @AustriaBargain: Is that why you put Adelaide in your bio? To throw people off the scent? No one on the east coast believes anyone lives in Adelaide.

                • mskeggs on 13/07/2022 - 14:33

                  @AustriaBargain: You can as is running the sausage sizzle. In my experience it is rarely a private school.
                  This might be different if the location you are voting in is a private school hall!

          • Drakesy on 13/07/2022 - 11:59
            +15

            @stirlo: The only government funded sausages were the ones in parliament :o

          • cookie2 on 14/07/2022 - 20:43

            @stirlo: I guess that depends if you feel that your local community supports you too

      • sss333 on 13/07/2022 - 17:10
        +1

        A radio station here did them over last summer here.

      • ParmiAndChips on 17/07/2022 - 12:08
        +1

        Our local station still does heaps of giveaways on the morning show, movie tickets, chocolates, little stuff like that. Then after 9am its just syndicated shows like you said.

    • TerryJustTerry on 14/07/2022 - 12:09

      It depends, sometimes they charge sometimes they are run by charities - Source I went to a free one on election day and got a sizzle and drink :D

    • jrvb42 on 14/07/2022 - 12:45
      +2

      Definitely free, just approach a candidate and ask them to pay. Should be the cheapest vote they buy.

    • idonotknowwhy on 15/07/2022 - 15:48

      I've always been too afraid to ask

      This was me in May. I kind of wanted one, but only if it was free, and didn't want to seem cheap, so didn't ask :D

      • GG57 on 15/07/2022 - 15:59

        Didn't think to hang back a little, maybe have your phone out to appear busy, and observe what others were doing (if they were paying or not)?

  • SF3 on 13/07/2022 - 11:45
    +21

    10 News

    Lol

  • hithere2341 on 13/07/2022 - 11:47
    +22

    40% is the real inflation figure 😢

    • SF3 on 13/07/2022 - 17:26
      +7

      Price Increase to $3.50

      tree fiddy is more catchy.

    • WT on 14/07/2022 - 07:41
      +2

      last time I got one at northmead I never got change,
      it was like 50c but fk those crooks

    • Tommyaka on 14/07/2022 - 09:33
      +2

      Considering that the price hasn't increased in over 15 years… This is only an average increase of 2.66% p.a.

      It's fairly reasonable.

      • FlyingMiffy on 14/07/2022 - 21:28

        It was 2 bucks at my local bunnings not that long ago - maybe 5 years? Not sure where they got 15 years from in the news…

  • DarkOz on 13/07/2022 - 11:50
    +2

    Wasn't the current inflation rate 5%-6% but Bunnings upping it by 40%?

    Personally I feel it is 10%-15%.

    • GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 11:51
      +2

      Wouldn't it depend on the length of time since the last price increase; some CPIs would have been absorbed?

      • DarkOz on 13/07/2022 - 11:56
        +6

        I was just joking. $2.5 or $3.5 doesn't bother me and I would still buy 1.

        That's the reason why they mentioned the price didn't go up for 10 years. So it would be about 3.5% increase each year for the last 10 years all in 1 go.

        EDIT: Speed reading is bad for you. Read 15 years as 10 years. So the rate would be slightly above 2% each year 15 years in a row.

        • Stopback on 13/07/2022 - 12:36
          +5

          CPI doesn't mean the price of all goods increase though. It's weighted avg. Increasing your price becauseof inflation leads to more inflation

        • Juice-Wa on 14/07/2022 - 10:43
          +2

          That's a lie. Sausages used to be $2, 5 years ago they bumped the price to $2.50 and dropped the price of a can by 50c because people only buy one can but multiple sausages. Surely bumping to $3 is the way to go, after all Bunnings provides gas, location and BBQ. Having to get cash out to pay for a sausage was enough to dissuade me, now you gotta pay an extra 40%? nah I'm good thanks.

          • MrFrugalSpend on 14/07/2022 - 18:54
            +4

            @Juice-Wa: Exactly - why not $3? Why jump from $2 to $2.50 not that long ago then jump to $3.50 each !!

            I won't pay $7 for two of the dry white bread and cheapo sausages they hand out some days. It's just a snag on a bit of bread - I could get a traditional Dominos Pizza for that with vouchers.

            If they are going to do that, they will need card facilities for sure too and I think they will see the numbers drop back a bit.

    • Kangal on 14/07/2022 - 11:37

      I think the real inflation rate is -60%
      …but this figure gets stretched in time, and doesn't get plomped on immediately. But we are seeing that in other countries like Argentina, Turkey, Sri Lanka, etc etc. That's just reality catching up with decisions made years prior.

  • holdenmg on 13/07/2022 - 11:51
    +5

    Shouldn't the ACCC get involved/review this?

    There doesn't seem to be much competition or allowing anyone else to set up near Bunnings.

    I guess I'll wait for the next Election for a SausageBargain.

    • GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 11:52
      -5

      Sure, why not complain to the ACCC, Bunnings gets a notice of investigation and just shuts down all the community group fundraising.

    • freefall101 on 13/07/2022 - 12:17
      +6

      Amazingly, companies aren't required to provide competition on their own property. I found that out when I tried to launch my restaurant, McFreefalls, inside the McDonalds parking lot.

      • holdenmg on 13/07/2022 - 12:26

        Damn, maybe try the Hungry Jacks parking lot and offer a Better Burger @ Hungry Jacks (Car Park).

  • stirlo on 13/07/2022 - 11:52
    +22

    Weird they didn't go to $3. But a price increase is fair, I've been on the BBQ with my local rotary club and the margins are not all that good particularly once you add any ingredients that are better than the cheapest supermarket bread…

    • GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 11:53
      +17

      I thought the "…cheapest supermarket bread…" is the required standard.

      • John Kimble on 13/07/2022 - 12:42
        +5

        I know some people that did it once, who were not a rotary club or non profit. They committed some rookie errors that caused them efficiency issues and cut into their profits.

        Eg they bought thick sausages from their local butcher, instead of the cheapest finest Colesworth ones, those took longer to cook and cost a lot more.

        They decided it was too much trouble for the effort to do again, but a good experience.

        • mskeggs on 13/07/2022 - 14:41
          +8

          Bunnings won’t allow people to run the sausage sizzle as an enterprise. You need to be a community non-profit like a sports team or similar.

          The economics of Bunnings are terrible. A sausage sizzle costs around 50c for the sausage, 7c for a slice of bread, 10c for onions, 8c for sauce, a few cents for a napkin. At least Bunnings supply the gas.
          Make an error on any of these and your profit is severely limited.
          At $2.50ea a lot of Bunnings groups would make more for their cause by working a few extra hours overtime.

          I have done them at large Bunnings and small. A large one might sell 400 snags. A small one, closer to 200. Sales slow right down after 1:30pm.

          • John Kimble on 13/07/2022 - 14:42
            +1

            @mskeggs: Yes, it was a sports team. They actually did it to subsidise their end of season trip, not that they told anyone. 😂

          • clandestino on 13/07/2022 - 17:16
            +5

            @mskeggs: How are these economics "terrible" as you put it?!

            If the material costs are approx $1, labour is free and the facilities are being provided by Bunnings for free, then doesn't that equate to approx $1.50 per sale? That is a great return?!!

            Is it possible that the larger charities aren't using free volunteers? Instead they are recovering labour costs, hence the need to increase the price upwards from $2.50?? That's the only explanation that makes any sense to me.

            • mskeggs on 13/07/2022 - 17:22
              +8

              @clandestino: If 4 people volunteer to give up their Saturday for 8 hours to make $300 (or even $600), the economics at $2.50ea are terrible.

              It may be 150% per sale, but people don’t look at it in percentage terms, they consider what their sports team got for them missing out on a day of their weekend.

              • cannedhams on 15/07/2022 - 19:53

                @mskeggs: Maybe Bunnings should allow community groups to set up an old-school carnival kissing booth instead. They could charge potentially more and there's no consumables so the margins are basically 100% blue sky.

          • clandestino on 13/07/2022 - 17:19

            @mskeggs: One more query. Let's say that 400 units are sold (contributing approx $600 to charity, per my calcs) …. What do you mean by the statement "a lot of Bunnings groups would make more for their cause by working a few extra hours overtime."? That doesn't make sense to me. How would they raise the $600?

            • mskeggs on 13/07/2022 - 17:27
              +7

              @clandestino: If I work a casual job in a cafe on a Saturday I would get paid $30.50 an hour.
              If 4 people volunteer to raise that $600 they are getting paid less for an 8 hour day than they would be working.

              And the 400 sales are at a big, busy Bunnings. Run the numbers again for 200 sales and it is dire. Very hard to get people to volunteer if they see their time is worth so little.

              • clandestino on 13/07/2022 - 17:44
                +4

                @mskeggs: I'm not sure that I understand your point re: opportunity cost. Volunteers are giving up their own time in order to raise money. I doubt that anyone would be forgoing real income. There aren't any volunteers who are choosing to sacrifice their cafe shifts, in order to serve that Bunnings sausage!!!

                Furthermore, the volunteers aren't getting to keep that sausage sizzle profit. They are doing it for the good of the community.

                I agree that you can make the observation that the charity workers time is "worth less" than the cafe employee… But I really don't think it's a good one. Charity workers and volunteers undertake the work in order to provide a service to the community…. Not with a profit objective.

                I don't believe that there will be many volunteers out there thinking "ok, the price has gone up…. Now I feel that my time is being better spent".

                • mskeggs on 13/07/2022 - 18:35
                  +9

                  @clandestino: I think this is a bit inaccurate.
                  Would you give up your Saturday to raise $75? Or would you feel it is a waste of time? You might answer differently if the amount raised is $125, it is human nature to feel more disposed to do something it is is higher valued.

                  Every volunteer has things they would rather be doing on the weekend, if they are raising less money with their time they feel disappointed. The volunteers who organise things beforehand feel it isn’t worth doing and it is dispiriting.

                  It is also really common for the people who are volunteering to be parents, or other older adults, often not somebody who earns just minimum wage, so they are likely to view their limited time even more highly.

                  There is a lot of trouble getting people to volunteer in the first place, so it is important they feel they have made a good contribution if you want them to do so again in future.

                  In the case of fundraising via a sausage sizzle, the charitable/volunteer aspect isn’t giving people sausages, it is what is done with the money - so there is a strong desire to get the most bang for buck for the effort involved.

                  • clandestino on 13/07/2022 - 23:16
                    +2

                    @mskeggs: Thanks for your considered replies…. You've definitely won me over to your way of thinking mskeggs!

                    • mskeggs on 14/07/2022 - 08:04
                      +4

                      @clandestino: Now I'm at a sausage sizzle on Saturday if you want to head down from Qld!

                  • lunchbox99 on 14/07/2022 - 10:53
                    +3

                    @mskeggs: Plenty of community and sports volunteers give up much more time every single week and raise $0.
                    I think if you have this mindset then perhaps volunteering isn't your thing.

                    • mskeggs on 14/07/2022 - 10:57
                      +2

                      @lunchbox99: There wouldn’t be a volunteer fundraiser in Australia who raises $0 week after week who would keep doing it.

                      I think you are mixing up volunteering and fundraising. Helping at a sausage sizzle to raise funds for a good cause won’t happen if the funds aren’t raised.

                      This is different from volunteering to provide the service like being a kids sport coach or looking after abandoned animals.

                      • lunchbox99 on 14/07/2022 - 11:16

                        @mskeggs: My point is that from the volunteer fundraisers perspective your time was and is worth $0. You were never being paid. Selling snags at Bunnings does not raise zero dollars. It is up to your organisation to decide if it's a good method to raise funds, or come up with something better.

                        let's say you run a raffle, there is a prize so the cost of running it is not zero, just like doing a sausage sizzle incurs costs. I think a sale of $2.50 with cost of 75c or less is already a healthy margin.

                        • SlickMick on 14/07/2022 - 17:07

                          @lunchbox99: How can you say a volunteer considers their time worth $0. The fundraiser is going it to see the team go on their end of year trip, or whatever. That's worth a lot more than $0 from their perspective.

                          Likewise any volunteering is seen as making a contribution - and if that contribution is seen as being worth $0, or approaching anything like $0, you'd surely find something else to do with your time.

                          • lunchbox99 on 14/07/2022 - 17:08
                            +1

                            @SlickMick: Zero meaning it's value is not subtracted from revenue to derive your profit. You are giving your time for free.

                            • SlickMick on 14/07/2022 - 17:11

                              @lunchbox99: Ah what it costs the organisation, not what it's worth to them.

                              • lunchbox99 on 14/07/2022 - 17:12

                                @SlickMick: Oh yeah, it's worth heaps to the person and the organisation - they just aren't paying for it.

                  • cotro on 15/07/2022 - 13:24
                    +1

                    @mskeggs: As someone who does put in a lot of effort to help a community sports team, there is a lot more to it than just the economics. I agree that if you just went and worked some shift somewhere and donated the money to the club you would have a better return, but you are ignoring the other benefits.

                    • A lot of the volunteers DO actually want to be there, spending a saturday with my mates at a bunnings sizze is a pretty unique way to spend 1 day every year and is honestly preferable as a once off than many other saturday activities.
                    • It creates a sense of community in your club, people see you organising and value your efforts
                    • You can try and get people more involved, they might volunteer at a fundraiser and then could convince them to volunteer in other ways too

                    I think overall your arguments are based on the assumption that people don't want to be there, but in my experience, they really do.

                    • mskeggs on 16/07/2022 - 22:37

                      @cotro: I think what you are saying is all very true, and all good things, but if week in week out the activity around fundraising didn't result in many funds, it would be a bust.
                      People would get sick of it and look for a better fundraising opportunity.

                      I've turned up for events where the main focus is supporting a school or community event, with low cost catering, and everyone is behind that. Feeding Bunnings customers isn't that, and if they are insisting on a price that results in little for the volunteer group, it isn't good.
                      So I'm really pleased they are raising the price.

                      • cotro on 18/07/2022 - 09:53
                        +1

                        @mskeggs: agreed! glad they are raising the price too :)

          • SlickMick on 14/07/2022 - 09:18

            @mskeggs: I am clearly out of touch with the cost of groceries. I had no idea. I still expect my sausage sizzle to be $1 lol.
            It sounds like that's a lot of work to make a really small amount of money.

            I used to just buy my daughter's chocolates rather than try to flog them to colleagues. I think I'd just donate the expected profit and skip the sausage sizzle.
            I'm not sure whether it's also a community service? Do customers actually want to buy a sausage sizzle or are they just trying to help the cause?

            Retract: Next comment blows my plan out of the water. $1600 is serious cash :)

            • mskeggs on 14/07/2022 - 10:41
              +2

              @SlickMick: It is a balance, and I have bought the box of Freddos in the past too.
              My view is that community organisations, like a sports team, or a service for older people, or an environmental group should be diverse and available to everyone in society.
              It happens I work full time and can afford to buy a box of chocolates.
              Others are on more modest incomes, or have time available but don't work. Giving these members a way to contribute of equal footing with other members who have fatter wallets is important too, so you can avoid the situation where some members feel they have more say that others.

              I kind of see the hierarchy for supporting something like a P&C as being a whole bunch of people who can offer some monetary support (buy a sausage sizzle, raffle ticket etc.), a large number who can contribute a bit more (help at a suasage sizzle, bake cakes for a cake stall), a few who can offer higher monetary support (local business donating raffle prizes) and a few who can commit ongoing help to organise and administer (the board and regular active members who make the other things happen).
              All are needed, and it is quite usual for people to switch in and out of roles over time (e.g. I won't be on the Board of the P&C when my kids finish school, but I will still buy a sausage sizzle!).

          • juki on 14/07/2022 - 22:59
            +1

            @mskeggs: i always find they close too early, they should reopen around 3pm when shift workers come out.
            it seems more fun than doing overtime
            I usually buy one or three just to support whatever cause my only limitation is messy kids

        • Earl of Lemongrab on 13/07/2022 - 20:23
          +4

          I've volunteered at a BBQ at a busy Bunnings store in VIC several years ago. It was a warm Saturday afternoon and we managed just under $1.6k profit (after expenses).

          But yeah minimizing the cost of materials is key..

          • bobbified on 14/07/2022 - 23:30
            +1

            @Earl of Lemongrab:

            … and we managed just under $1.6k profit (after expenses).

            Were you just selling sausages? :p

          • cannedhams on 15/07/2022 - 22:15

            @Earl of Lemongrab: That was a good haul. My wife did a shift at our local couple months ago and we would have been lucky to have made one-quarter of that. Depends very much on the Bunnings, I guess.

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 13/07/2022 - 11:52

    For 'health' reasons i got no interest in eating the Bunnings Sausages but i got no 'issue' with the raise it is usually the local sports club/church group/charity trying to make a few bucks to help buy some new balls, cloths etc

    if you like them i dont think them being 2.50 or 3.50 will ultimately deter you from grabbing one as they are quite convenient

    • GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 11:55
      +4

      One sausage won't hurt your health.

      • Trying2SaveABuck on 13/07/2022 - 12:00
        -4

        its like 18 grams of fat a sausage 1 probably wouldn't hurt you but multiple is a coronary waiting to happen

        but if you like them go for it mate

        • GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 12:51
          +6

          I'm guessing that most people would only go to Bunnings once/week at most (unless they are tradies).
          I'm guessing that most people, who probably go to Bunnings once/week, would only have one sausage (when available - weekends only where I am).
          = 1 sausage / week.
          Everything in moderation, but as we agree one probably won't hurt you.

          • cookie2 on 14/07/2022 - 20:54

            @GG57: No, not everything in moderation. And personal choice and varied definition of 'healthy' etc. Don't be offended, they're not calling you unhealthy, just that they consider it unhealthy. Which it is. Many things we consume or do, often are.

        • ParmiAndChips on 17/07/2022 - 12:11
          -1

          Saturated fat isn't bad for you. That was only ever a dodgy hypothesis which was never really based on any good evidence. If anything the vegetable oil they cook it in would be worse than anything else on the snag

      • bobbified on 13/07/2022 - 12:01
        +9

        Depends where you put it!

        • Che0063 on 13/07/2022 - 13:17
          +1

          …

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      • hothed on 13/07/2022 - 13:59
        +3

        Slipping on the onion will. Lucky they put it under the sausage now /s

  • Belgarath on 13/07/2022 - 11:56
    +18

    You left out the part where it hadn't been increased in 15 years.

    Happy to continue buying as it supports our local community.

    • GG57 on 13/07/2022 - 11:56
      +2

      I wasn't aware of that; excellent point.

  • [Deactivated] on 13/07/2022 - 12:02

    never partook and never will

  • bobbified on 13/07/2022 - 12:02
    +2

    Damn.. I just need to look under the seat harder to find another $2 coin to get my usual two!

  • Richmond Tigers on 13/07/2022 - 12:05
    -8

    All this will do it hurt the organisations running the sizzles. Shit form from Bunnings, I'll have to up my shoplifting rate.

    • CrowReally on 13/07/2022 - 12:09
      +3

      (recites United Nations Human Rights charter in doorway, accuses woke leftism and nanny state of making them put onions on the bottom of the sandwich, records self crying while doing same)

    • bobbified on 13/07/2022 - 12:13
      +14

      Shit form from Bunnings

      As far as I'm aware, Bunnings sets the rules on exactly how the sausage stands should operate (so it's consistent across the country) but they don't touch any of the money. The charity operating it on the day gets it all..

      • thatonethere on 13/07/2022 - 12:21
        +2

        Bunnings also very strict on operating and food safety. They will shut you down and ban you.

        Also won't let you bring in poor sausages and bread.

        (From experience running a few)

        • bobbified on 13/07/2022 - 12:26
          +8

          I don't blame them. Anything happens, it's going to be Bunnings' reputation on the hook for it. The media will have a field day.

        • Chandler on 13/07/2022 - 12:30
          +2

          I've never experienced them inspecting the goods for quality, apart from staff buying a snag for themselves! Having said that, they did introduce a lot of new rules a few years back for food safety, so unsurprising if they've starting checking food quality.

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