Jiffy Cake Mix Company Developed a New Brownie Mix That

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Multiple Choice

Jiffy Cake Mix Company developed a new brownie mix that is much improved over its current brownie mix. When a sales representative for Jiffy contacted a buyer for a major supermarket chain, the buyer demanded that Jiffy give the supermarket chain a combination of cash and free cases of goods whose total value exceeded the entire marketing budget Jiffy planned to spend on the new brownie mix during its first year on the market. When the sales representative from Jiffy protested, the buyer said, "It is company policy to get ______________ in order to secure shelf space for new brands."

• A) push money
• B) advertising allowances
• C) quantity discounts
• D) stocking allowances
• E) sale prices

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