Hi everyone.
I have posted this thread as i am thinking of starting a business delivering alcohol, tobacco products and snacks to your home.
All i want to know is, would you as a potential customer use this service, and if so, what area of sheffield do you live.
If not, could you give me a reason y?
Thanks for all your help.

Have you thought that one through, is it even legal?.

I was just thinking the other day about this and what a good idea it is, hope it is legal you'd be on to a winner there

hi, yes it is perfectly legal, if the correct steps are taken. This is just purely a thread to see if the public would use this service. All feedback is greatly appreciated.:)

hope it is legal you'd be on to a winner there

But how big would the turn over have to be to compete with supermarket prices.

Someone once advertised such a service on this forum a long time ago.

Don't know if its still running though.

yer if you do it late at nite think of how many young people run out of beer and get taxis to 24hours i think your on to a winner there

Hi... i think it is a good idea, if the prices aren't really stupid.
If you go to this link http://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-247booze/menu
They deliver.... but minimum order is £10.00 and they close at 11pm every night. (People thinking of ordering booze probs would want to order it alot later than 11pm)

Personally, i'd never order from here, even if i was blind drunk and wanted more booze!
Blossom hill wine, usually about £5 from asda, they're selling at £10.90
taboo £19.99.... you know how much they cost but who'd pay that price???

If you price them right, and charge delivery costs by the area code, (closer to you would be cheaper to deliver than the opposite side of town) If you understand me?

Good luck with it!

and i live in darnall, S9. i'd only consider using your service is the prices weren't doubled and the delivery wouldnt be an hr or so....

Good luck!

Hi everyone, all prices will be pretty much the same as off license prices but with a small delivery charge depending on distance from where the business base will be in s5.
Examples of some prices would be as foolows;
Blossom Hill red/white wine from £5 - £6
8pk Carling 440ml cans £6.75 or 24 can case 440ml £16.95.
Taboo 70cl £8.75
Smirnoff Vodka 70cl £12.99
Full menu and prices as yet to be drawn up.
All orders expected to be delivered in 30-45 mins dependent time and area.
Thanks.

Yeahh I'd definatley order from you!!

No 24 hour offies around my area!!

When you starting?

By the way ... Blossom Hill White Zinfandel Rose!!

i would deffinitlyorder fromyou imin s3:D

Alcohol= liver disease, coronary heart disease, fighting, puking, not remembering where you live, forgetting what you did last night, sleeping with someone and finding out you got her pregnant, or worse finding out you have a serious disease, less braincells, etc etc blah blah blah, whats good about it, except it may help you sleep, or it may jut be a way to have fun, so i think an alchohol delivery service would be terrible on top of the already severe uk binge situation, also tesco, asda, and sainsburys deliver

brilliant idea - they guy that used to deliver to use (whilst I was a student!) stopped. Make sure you flyer the hell out of the halls of residence.

When I was at Uni these companies did survive and make money. But that was when cheap booze in supermarkets was non existent and there wasn't a credit crunch.

People know how much booze costs and are reluctant to pay much more. You would have to charge a lot extra on top of any retail price to even meet costs.

I don't think many halls of residences would take kindly to booze delivery on site. Too many incidents in the past few years of alcohol related deaths. If someone did get ill thorugh booze, and it turned out the University allowed the company on site to deliver the booze at 5am, then it would be a public scandal.

I don't think many halls of residences would take kindly to booze delivery on site.

I can assure you the porters don't give a damn

so how do you get around not having a alcohol licence ? there is a take away in rotherham doing this now but i think they got round it because they selling food plus give them chavs on hartley brook and nethershire shops your number because when the shops shut they can allways ring you :hihi:

These guys deliver till 4am http://www.118menu.co.uk/247booze
I think it's a good idea but you need a decent mark up to make it worth your while considering all the costs involved.

This reminds me of davenports home delivery service, my dad use to have a weekly order from them. I would have home delivery.

I could sell my home brew ! (joke - yes I know its highly leathal - I mean illegal!) :hihi:

im not sure if i would use it personally as i usualy go down the pub if i want a drink and if im intending to drink late plan so i end up at a lock in. However if i were i wouldn't mind having to pay a couple of extra quid ontop for the conveniance of having it brought to my door

I think I would rather go to the supermarket. I guess that I am never that desperate to get a bottle of wine, but I can see that there are some who would be.

I dont smoke and we are close to shops in swallownest but if it could be done like ordering a Piza then I would use it. However most people seem to plan and buy cheap ale etc.
I remember years ago when a lad !!! We had a company called Laws who delivered Pop etc, they were always busy until the supermarkets opened.
Wish you best of luck and with the research.

When I was younger and living in Crooks you could get cans of beer delivered by one of the curry places in Broomhill. I also remember getting a couple of leaflets through the door for booze and cigs delivery services.

Have always wondered why there aren't more of these akin to the pizza delivery service - y'know when you just can't be bothered to go out - but with alcohol, if you've been drinking, you can't just nip out in the car, so even more necessary. I suppose it will all come down to economics in the end though, especially with your market (students etc?) likely to be very cost conscious.

have you got a personal license to sell alcohol??????

i thought about doin this ages ago but it not as good an idea as it sounds.

first of all you would need a licence to sell alcohol an make sure of the times your allowed to sell between.

secondly you would have to have some way of knowing how old the buyers are, not everyone will have id and it will only cost you money if your having to take orders back because they cannot prove there age.

and thirdly your van will be the biggest target in sheffield, every little hoody that sees it will assume it full of beer and smash there way in as soon as your backs turned.

you would also need business insurance and im guessing this would be very high for alcohol delivery.

well i think a good name for a food and beer delivery service would be
chuck wagon lol