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Abby Eads Pizza Case Study March 10, 2024 Ch. 15 Key Concepts Pricing Tactics, pg. 467 Rebate, pg. 469 1. Which pricing tactics does each company utilize? Evaluate the effectiveness of each one of these tactics for the particular pizza chain. Papa John’s The pricing tactics for this chain is at a premium since they have “Better Ingredients, Better Pizza.” Although this was the least effective of them due to them running special deals because most of their consumers are price concerned. Papa John’s also offers a rebate , if a customer is not satisfied with their choice of pie. “In recent quarters Papa John’s announced a 5% growth rate” (Grewal, 482). Little Caesars Little Caesars bases their pricing tactics on Economy Pricing. They have the lowest price at $5 and are guaranteed hot and fresh upon arrival (no wait time). They don’t make pizza order pizzas, the majority of stores. Of all other chains, “Little Caesars’ sales increased from $2.9 million to $3.4 million over a two year period” (Grewal, 482). Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is based off of Bundle Pricing. They have $5 one-topping pizzas as long as customers purchase another item off of their “flavor menu.” By bundling items, they increase items sold. Recently, Pizza Hut has seen flat lining sales. Maybe this is due to the higher end flavor menu items not making up for the other losses they take on their “lower value” pizza. The Rest of the Market This varies especially due to the countless small town pizza restaurants located all around the country 2. How might the current price wars change the pricing tactics used by the major pizza chains? Pizza chains will add value to the product without lowering the price. Instead of continually lowering prices to the point of harming the business and to win a price war, they must be strategic in their will power. Creative marketing and advertising will help
win price wars all day long. Spending revenue on the occasional marketing campaign is an occasional expenditure that can hopefully help you make more money. Adding value to the pizza business in other ways than giving away somebody else’s products is the best way because the value is still strong for the customer. They will advertise if they can’t lower their prices more in the price war. They will undercut the price, tempting to go even lower to the point of having no profit. But instead, they should spend money on advertising products. The same has been done by pizza chains as well. The cost of the ads might get their total profit to zero dollars, but as the popularity of the item grows, they can reduce or remove the ads and return to profitability based on not having lowered the price. They will focus on the brand. Instead of trying to get people to spend as little money as possible on their product, they should focus on building up the pizza business’s trustworthiness. In order to do that, pizza chains try focusing on values that competitors will have a hard time to compete with them on. Consumers benefit from price wars, and they naturally like to pay less, but they want a good experience too. Pizza chains can also be reassured that the money they spend on their business is worth it.
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