A Food Processor Considering Snack-Food Opportunities Identified Three Possible Market

question 31

Multiple Choice

A food processor considering snack-food opportunities identified three possible market segments and gave them "nicknames": the dieters, health faddists, and nutrition-conscious parents. It developed a marketing mix around a line of good tasting, nutritious children's snacks. The firm is apparently

• A) relying on cluster analysis techniques.
• B) using a multiple target market approach.
• C) using a single target market approach.
• D) using a combined target market approach.
• E) ignoring the criteria that good market segments should be operational.

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Definitions:

Fiscal Year

A one-year period that companies and governments use for financial reporting and budgeting, which does not necessarily coincide with the calendar year.

Direct Write-Off Method

An accounting approach where uncollectible debts are written off directly against income at the time they are deemed nonrecoverable.

Bad Debts Expense

Bad debts expense represents the amount of receivables a company estimates it will not collect due to customer defaults.

Trade Receivables

Amounts owed to a business by its customers for goods or services delivered on credit.