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Super Value Grocery Store: The Bahamian Super Market
Lynette Deal, Nana Y. Amoah. Not indexed, 2007
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
In this case, Super Value Grocery Store in Nassau, Bahamas experiences a rapid decline in sales. Marketing and promotional efforts to improve sales failed to yield any positive results. A survey of people's attitude towards Super Value indicated that the store's prices were too high. Furthermore, many Bahamians preferred purchasing their grocery items from Miami, Florida. The case raises issues of pricing to maximize organizational value. It highlights problems associated with using a cost-based pricing strategy in a competitive environment. Students are motivated to critically analyze the source of Super Value's poor sales performance. A holistic approach to determining price that includes a thorough analysis of competition, cost, and customer demand is emphasized in this case.
Key findings
- Marketing and promotional efforts to improve sales failed to yield any positive results.
- A survey of people's attitude towards Super Value indicated that the store's prices were too high.
- It highlights problems associated with using a cost-based pricing strategy in a competitive environment.
Why it matters
This case study describes a Bahamian grocery store's sales decline and pricing problems. It has no relevance to treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 11/100
Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed. It scored 11 on the same rubric, which is below the 16 cap we apply to non-peer-reviewed sources. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on impact for its field and year, so that was left out: it earned 10 of the 94 points we could judge it on, which is 11 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 2 / 10 | Tier 4 — not a peer-reviewed journal (Not indexed) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | Not a journal article, so the journal's record does not count |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 4 / 10 | Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed. Hosted on a preprint server. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2007 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 0 / 7 | Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.0 citations a year over 21 year(s) since 2007 |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 0 / 4 | Last-listed author Nana Y. Amoah: h-index 3 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Old Dominion University: institution h-index 412 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 10 / 94 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 10 of the 94 points we could judge it on is 11 out of 100. |
| Total | 11 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Deal, L., & Amoah, N. Y. (2007). Super Value Grocery Store: The Bahamian Super Market. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1004235
Vancouver
Deal L, Amoah NY. Super Value Grocery Store: The Bahamian Super Market. 2007. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1004235.
BibTeX
@article{deal2007-bcbbefcc,
author = {Deal, Lynette and Amoah, Nana Y.},
title = {{Super Value Grocery Store: The Bahamian Super Market}},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.2139/ssrn.1004235},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1004235}
}
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