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Retail checks     14-Oct-09 06:22 am    
Checked prices earlier this week at Stop & Shop in Hadley, Massachusetts, with the following results:

Jonny Cat litter box liners $2.99
Cat's Pride 14 lb scoop jug $6.49
Cat's Pride 20 lb natural $7.49
Cat's Pride KatKit $3.49

For each of the Cat's Pride products, Stop & Shop had a label on the shelf noting that their prices were lower than those of a nearby Big Y supermarket, and including the date on which the higher prices were checked. So I went to Big Y to verify the prices, and they were still higher.

Since I was last at this particular Big Y, they reorganized their cat litter section. It is now slightly smaller, but the real improvement is that they are now grouping all the SKUs from each brand, together. The larger brands have their products displayed with a number of facings on four shelves vertically (this includes Cat's Pride and Jonny Cat combined). Previously this store carried 14-15 ODC SKUs, now they carry 10 ODC SKUs - still a very impressive number, and more than most grocery stores I've seen. Here are the products Big Y carried:

Jonny Cat litter box liners $2.99
Jonny Cat 10 lb bag traditional litter $2.83

Cat's Pride:
14 lb scoop jug $6.99
10 lb scoop bag $5.53
20 lb scoop bag $9.44
20 lb natural scoop jug $7.99
20 lb natural coarse bag $5.49
14 lb complete scoop $6.99
20 lb coarse bag $5.69
Kat Kit $3.79

Hope this is of interest to other shareholders.

Biblioguy
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