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Issue #16 - Wednesday 6 May 2015 AUTUMN GREETINGS TO YOU ALL 
With the cooler weather now fast approaching and with my pantry looking a tad empty, a friend and I decided to visit a few food factory shops in Montague Gardens. This suburb boasts a good range of factory shops so remember to pack a cool bag when heading in their direction. By the end of our morning trip, with my little mini loaded with goods, I began to feel like one of the squirrels in my garden stocking up for winter. We had a fun morning finding some incredible bargains and returned home after our shopping spree feeling very smug about how much we’d saved. Some of the savings we made were largely due to being prepared to buy in bulk but we had no problem finding friends and family willing to share in the deal. |
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Factory Shop Farewell AU REVOIR Sadly we have to say goodbye to two of our old favourites, the Easywear Fashion Factory Shop (page 110) who closed their doors at the end of April and Prima Toys. The space they occupied has now been taken over by First Factory Shop (page 227) who will be selling the same merchandise that can be found at their other stores, except on a much larger scale. While stock lasts they will also be offering clothing previously found in the Easywear Fashion Factory Shop. There are lots of bargains to be found and remember to watch out for their great opening specials. The remaining stock of Prima Toys is also being sold at greatly reduced prices. |
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Factory Shop News NEW SHOPS Unsgaard & Samson have reopened their factory shop and are now at 21 Induland Crescent, Lansdowne (across the road from where their factory was originally). I popped into their new factory shop recently and was pleasantly surprised by the range on offer and the very reasonable prices. We found some large packs of high quality paper napkins, baking paper, cling and foil wrap, piping bags, paper coasters, flower sleeves, celephane sheets and rolls, make-up remover pads and more. Useful if you are a keen baker are the large packs of inexpensive paper cupcake cases. They also stock a range of cleaning materials and the full range of Tuffy products. Friendly service. Well worth a visit. |
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Factory Shop News I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Chocolates by Tomes Factory Shop (page 34) is now open on the first and last Saturday of the month: 9.00 - 1.00 and on weekdays: Monday to Thursday: 8.00 - 4.00 • Fridays: 8.00-3.15 The new branch of First Factory Shops in Bofors Circle,Epping 2 is offering special discounts on bulk buys to SME’s. |
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Factory Shop News ON THE MOVE Beaches Clothing Factory Shop (page 169) has moved to new premises in Maitland. They can now be found at 68, 7th Avenue, Maitland and a big plus is that there is plenty of parking space. Their factory shop hours are: Monday to Thursday: 9.00-4.00 • Friday: 9.00-1.30. Closed on Saturdays during the winter months. |
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Special Events MOTHER'S DAY If you are still undecided about a Mother’s Day gift for your Mum a visit to the Tifgifts Factory Shop (page 220) could well solve your problem. They manufacture gift items for leading retailers and live up to their claim to be ‘the home of scented gifts and toiletries’. Their ready-made gift-sets are always popular but you will find a multitude of reasonably priced items to put together your own set. They also offer a range of suitable containers for your gift. In addition to their regular hours during the week, which are: Monday to Thursday: 8.00-4.30 Friday: 8.00-3.00 they will also be open on Saturday 9 May from 9.00-12.30. As this shop doesn’t accept credit cards, payment is cash only. |
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Special Events FREE COFFEE FOR MUMS Another good shop to visit for packaging items is Merrypak in N’dabeni (page 204). You’ll find all your need to attractively package your gift and also pretty stationery items to make Mum a special card. As a way of wishing all Mums a Happy Mother’s Day, all Mothers who visit them on Saturday 9 May will receive a free cup of coffee at the Merrypak Coffee Shop alongside their store. Please note that there are many, many more factory shops offering fantastic bargains in the Western Cape listed in the 13th edition of The A-Z of Factory Shops in the Western Cape which contains details of over 300 shops! The extensive Product Index at the back of the book provides you with assistance in finding products from A-Z! One point I like to make quite clear is that I have no affiliation whatsoever with any of the shops reviewed. No one has paid for their reviews, nor have my comments in the book or this newsletter been subject to anyone’s approval. |
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Factory Shopping SPECIALS The Specials Page on our website www.factoryshops.co.za keeps you up-to-date with any Specials that are being offered by factory shops. Just in time for Mother’s Day, Sassy Fragrance & Cosmetics Factory Shops (page 302) are offering some good specials – click here for details Kolnicks Linen (page 89) also have some great Mother’s Day Specials on offer - these are valid until Monday 11 May -click here for details Bargain Books Factory Shop (page 84) are celebrating their birthday with some great specials. This promotion runs until Saturday 9 May - click here for details |
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