Bonanno, Alessandro; Lopez, Rigoberto A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
This paper investigates the effect of in-store services on retail food prices, supermarket competition, and demand … using fluid milk as a case study. It is shown that higher-service supermarkets charge higher milk prices essentially because … impact milk prices differently, that upscale food-retailers face stronger competition in newer services, and that service …