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James elis: Superior's District Manager wanted everyday low pricing reconsidered. He says research shows higher prices, growing price consciousness in Centralia. Decision was made to continue current pricing strategy pending further study, he says. In 2002, Hall Consolidated sales in the u.s. Were $2. Billion.
James elis: Superior's District Manager wanted everyday low pricing reconsidered. He says research shows higher prices, growing price consciousness in Centralia. Decision was made to continue current pricing strategy pending further study, he says. In 2002, Hall Consolidated sales in the u.s. Were $2. Billion.
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James elis: Superior's District Manager wanted everyday low pricing reconsidered. He says research shows higher prices, growing price consciousness in Centralia. Decision was made to continue current pricing strategy pending further study, he says. In 2002, Hall Consolidated sales in the u.s. Were $2. Billion.
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Superior Supermarkets
Everyday Low Pricing
In carly April 2003, James Elis was reviewing the first-quarter financial results for
Superior Supermarkets, As Senior Vice President at Hall Consolidated and Presient of
Superior Supermatkets, he was about to meet with the District Manager responsible
for three Superior stores in Centralia, Missouri. Others in attendance would be Hall
Gonsolidated’s Vice President of Retail Operations and the Controller for Superior
Supermarkets, The agenda for the frst of four quarterly meetings scheduled for 2003
Rus to discuss the district's progress toward achieving planned goals and address any
issues related to the District Manager's supermarkets,
{np anticipation of the quarterly review, Randall Johnson, the District HT Manager
for Superior Supermarkets, had proposed that everyday low pricing he reconsidered
for his three stores in Centralia.” He cited company rescatvlh documenting Superior's
‘felaively higher prices in Centrala and the growing price consciousness among
Centralia shoppers. He also noted that Superior Supermarkets could tose market
share in Centralia since store sales were below budgeted levels inthis first quarter of
2005. He added that 2002 fourth-quarter sales revenue, which was normally a heavy
sales period due to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, was also lower than
sales for the same period in 2001
The everyday low pricing strategy option for Centralia had been discussed briefly
in) August 2002 as part of the annual planning process, However, a decision was made
to continue Superior’s current pricing strategy pending further study. James Elis
believed that the time had come to formally address the question in deta
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‘Superior Supermarkets is a division of Hall Consolidated, a privately owned wholesale
and retail food distsibutor. Hall Consolidated was formed in 1959 and initially included
3 number of wholesale food operations ‘and produce companies. The company’s frst
retail grocery store chain was purchased in 1970, The Superior Supermarket chain wes
acquired in 1975. By 2002, Hall Consolidated distributed food and related products to
some 150 company-owned supermarket units operating under three supermarset
chain names through 12 wholesate distribution centers. These distribution centers
also supplied about 1,100 independent grocery stores in the United States. Hall
Consolidated sales in 2002 were $2.3 billion
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Rh few if any. pice discounts, This practice difes om 4-HcLo" price pulcy heehee ae
‘fates higher prices on an everyday basis but chen rns frequent promotions ses of specter ie
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Mesos University: as a bass for cass discundon sl not designed to deine cree458 (CHAPTER & PRICING STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT
superior is the smallest ofthe unree supermarket chins owned Py HM) Consotie
dated pith sales of $192.2 million in 2002, Superior operates conventional s\PeT=N:
(aes bade areas that served small cities and towns in the South Cena United,
ae rhe median size of a Superior Supermarket was 20,730 square fet, HIG 's
a ns pmall by industry standards (dhe mean size of a supermnet i We
rena cereates is about 4,000 square feet). Nevertheless, Superior was the PURE Y
ne er? ranked supermarket chain in each ofits trade markets 35 measure by
mmagket share
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