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xoloriib
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If you shop at the local supermarket, are prices the same at other branches of the same supermarket?

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Asked in supermarket, pricing, national asked on: 04/28/2008 01:11am
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5 minutes after the question was opened (04/28/2008 01:16am)

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there are normally the same in the same area
but prices can change from area to area

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12 minutes after the question was opened (04/28/2008 01:23am)

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No the local Sainsburys here in our town is a lot more than 10 miles down the road, the petrol is cheaper there too so for big shopping trips and if we are low on fuel we drive there and on average it saves us quite a bit, because they often have a lot of short dated meat and fish too.

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19 hours after the question was opened (04/28/2008 07:15pm)

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In most cases, yes. Supermarket chains prepare flyers and advertisments for their entire chain of stores in a region, and advertise prices that are posted in each of the stores. Regardless of whether products are advertised, supermarket chains usually require their stores to post the same prices (again, in each region), because they have central purchasing and so provide the products to the stores at a uniform cost.

Stores have some pricing flexibility on certain items, such as meats. And individual stores may have their own Specials on some items, in particular meat, dairy, and produce. Individual store and department managers may also post their own prices on damaged items (dented cans, broken boxes, etc.) or items at or past their sell-by date. Even there, the chains try to enforce uniform mark-down or discounting policies among the stores, so that "Yesterday's Bakery" is, say, 50% off in all stores.

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