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Kinsey, Jean D.; Jacobson, Elaine M.; Behl, Ajay S.; Seltzer, Jonathan M.. |
Executive Summary The Food Industry Center established the Supermarket Panel in 1998 as the basis for an ongoing study of the supermarket industry. Since 2000 the core of the Panel has been a random sample of stores drawn from the approximately 32,000 supermarkets in the U.S. that accept food stamps. The purpose of collecting data on supermarket operations and performance is to: Provide timely, useful information for the industry through benchmark reports and annual summaries, trends on key indices of technology adoption, competitive positions and performance. Be a ready source of data for research on current and emerging issues - to be able to track the changes in operation and its impacts on performance over time. This report presents findings... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Marketing. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14354 |
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King, Robert P.; Leibtag, Ephraim S.; Behl, Ajay S.. |
Whether the poor pay more for food than other income groups is an important question in food price policy research. Stores serving low-income shoppers differ in important ways from stores that receive less of their revenues from Food Stamp redemptions. Stores with more revenues from Food Stamps are generally smaller and older, and offer relatively fewer convenience services for shoppers. They also offer a different mix of products, with a relatively high portion of sales coming from meat and private-label products. Metro stores with high Food Stamp redemption rates lag behind other stores in the adoption of progressive supply chain and human resource practices. Finally, stores with the highest Food Stamp redemption rates have lower sales margins relative... |
Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food prices; Supermarkets; Low-income consumers; Food Stamps; Metro; Nonmetro; Marketing. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34003 |
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