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Maybe sundries wasn't the best choice of phrase. I guess I'm talking about a bit of clear silicone vs £15 Elephant's Foreskin coloured silicone to match these particular tiles which you probably can't use before it goes off. Or a couple of screws to attach something vs 20,000 screws to build your decking.
As to the charging more for the first hour - again trades vary, but that doesn't seem uncommon or unreasonable to me. A mate basically adds 2 days to any job under a certain timeframe to account for setup/cleanup. On a 1 day job that obviously X3 the cost, making him potentially uncompetitive, but that's him pricing according to his costs.
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Doesn't work that way, some of the sundries (repaircare epoxy resin) are too expensive to include in the labour rate and it would mean the 1 hour jobs I do on the bike are also paying to run the van.
Another thing I've never done but will have to start doing is double the labour rate for the first hour. I can't do 8 hours of 1 hour jobs in a day if I'm going on the time I arrive on site.
Your final point, yes, a lot of people will be using materials they know and trust. Nothing worse than getting crappy materials that slow you down or mess your s**t up.
The bike shop analogy is fine.