Every Week,Keller's Grocery Runs a Weekly Ad in the Newspaper

question 163

Multiple Choice

Every week,Keller's Grocery runs a weekly ad in the newspaper touting its sale prices on a number of products.For example,this week the store is selling cherries for $1.50/pound and boneless chicken breasts for 99 cents/pound.Keller's sells these products at a below-market price to lure customers into the store in hope that while they are in the store to buy chicken and cherries,they will also buy other grocery items that have a much higher markup.The store is using:

• A) price lowballing.
• B) price maintenance.
• C) price lining.
• D) leader pricing.
• E) functional pricing.

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