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contract terms, they can claim the difference back. According to news report in 2011, a small grocery store operator in Chang Sa Wan was being complained of the relative low price it sell of the Nissin Foods instant noodles by
Parknshop supermarket. This puts the pressure on the smaller retailers on the agreement of identical selling prices as of the supermarkets or face sanctions.
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included only 30 to 40 percent of the market. In which the pricing strategy and dominating power of larger supermarkets are regarded threat to small-scaled grocery stores. As their average of production cost are lower than that of individual stores, the price of products sold in chain shops would be a lot cheaper. With the locational advantage of
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and AS Waston Group-has long concerned consumer rights advocate and been regarded the main cause of the trend. Dairy Farm which operates
Wellcome stores and Waston (Parknshop) account for up to 62.5% percent of the grocery store market in Hong Kong, while wet market and smaller operators are
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