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Supermarkets

Terms that are in relation to the biggest kind of retail store.

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Forward buy

Retail; Supermarkets

A retail practise of holding products until the end of a promotion to increase profits. Also known as a buyout.

Case dollar return

Retail; Supermarkets

A retailer's gross profit calculated by subtracting the wholesale cost of a case from the retail price of a case.

Cage

Retail; Supermarkets

A secure area used to store selected products, such as cigarettes and aerosols.

Seal programme

Retail; Supermarkets

A security procedure for truck deliveries. Each truck is padlocked and sealed with a slim, numbered metal strip. The receiver breaks the seal and records the driver's name and the seal number in a ...

Pick to pack

Retail; Supermarkets

A selector at a warehouse finds, prices and packs small items in totes and transports them to the dock for shipping.

Mini-club

Retail; Supermarkets

A scaled-down wholesale club, which carries about 60 percent of the SKUs offered in a larger store.

Machine readable

Retail; Supermarkets

A scannable bar code.

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