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Supermarkets
Terms that are in relation to the biggest kind of retail store.
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Exotic/ethnic sections
Retail; Supermarkets
Unique products from all over the world. Special sections may feature Asian, Spanish, Italian and other foods or products.
Customer unit loads
Retail; Supermarkets
Unit loads consisting of one or more SKUs, possibly from several product categories, assembled by the seller according to terms of sale offered to the buyer. Also known as rainbow or mixed pallets.
Utility
Retail; Supermarkets
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grade of beef. Utility grade meat comes from older cattle and is used to produce sausages or canned beef entrees, such as beef stew.
Pick to belt
Retail; Supermarkets
Warehouse selectors select items or cases, apply price labels, place them on an automated conveyor to the dock to ship to a retailer.
Category captain
Retail; Supermarkets
Within a category, the manufacturer's representative responsible for analysing the product movement, assortment, inventory levels, promotion, buying and profitability for a specific geographic area ...
Markup
Retail; Supermarkets
The percentage of increase in a wholesale price when sold at a retail price. See margin.
Stales
Retail; Supermarkets
Goods that cannot be sold for which a retailer receives a credit from a supplier. Also called stales.
