Competition and Price Making in Food Retailing: The Anatomy of Supermarket OperationsRonald Press Company, 1962 - 333 pages |
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Page 47
... profit goals . The strategy of a retail food firm is certainly not to maximize margins on individual items or even to make a profit on each item sold . Nor is the strategy simply to maximize dollar gross margin on all sales transactions ...
... profit goals . The strategy of a retail food firm is certainly not to maximize margins on individual items or even to make a profit on each item sold . Nor is the strategy simply to maximize dollar gross margin on all sales transactions ...
Page 121
... profit maximization ( or perhaps deficit minimization ) . Generally speaking , the only variable expense faced by the food store operator is the cost of the merchandise to the vendor , 17 with the result that given a going operation ...
... profit maximization ( or perhaps deficit minimization ) . Generally speaking , the only variable expense faced by the food store operator is the cost of the merchandise to the vendor , 17 with the result that given a going operation ...
Page 268
... profit percentages ) . Thus , weighted average profits for the years 1948-58 were as follows : Group 1 - before taxes , 2.3 per cent ; after taxes , 1.1 per cent . Group 2 - before taxes , 2.7 per cent ; after taxes , 1.4 per cent ...
... profit percentages ) . Thus , weighted average profits for the years 1948-58 were as follows : Group 1 - before taxes , 2.3 per cent ; after taxes , 1.1 per cent . Group 2 - before taxes , 2.7 per cent ; after taxes , 1.4 per cent ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 28 |
Supply of and Demand for Food | 29 |
The Nature of Business Competition | 59 |
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