Price Determination in the Australian Food Industry A Report
Price Determination in the Australian Food Industry A Report
Price Determination in the Australian Food Industry A Report
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Figure 132. Target<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> stomach<br />
How <strong>the</strong>y eat?<br />
Overlay this matrix with<br />
<strong>the</strong> chang<strong>in</strong>g way that<br />
people buy<br />
Where <strong>the</strong>y eat?<br />
Who is <strong>the</strong> target?<br />
New food products and market<strong>in</strong>g aim to <strong>in</strong>fluence, def<strong>in</strong>e and<br />
capture sufficient critical mass <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> niches and nodes with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
sectors of this cube.<br />
VALUE-ADDING IN FRESH FOOD<br />
<strong>Price</strong> <strong>Determ<strong>in</strong>ation</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> A <strong>Report</strong><br />
Not just an elaborate transformation th<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Value-add<strong>in</strong>g is not limited to <strong>the</strong> fields of development which see a raw material or a commodity<br />
form of product transformed <strong>in</strong>to a different form that is easier for <strong>the</strong> next user or end consumer.<br />
There is considerable value-add<strong>in</strong>g that is undertaken through fresh food cha<strong>in</strong>s as product moves<br />
from pick<strong>in</strong>g or harvest<strong>in</strong>g through to <strong>the</strong> retail stand <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> store.<br />
Fresh food <strong>in</strong>termediaries – <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g packers, wholesalers and retailers – are often criticised for<br />
add<strong>in</strong>g marg<strong>in</strong> to <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>al price of <strong>the</strong> product.<br />
The table on <strong>the</strong> right identifies some of those processes and <strong>the</strong> nature of <strong>the</strong> value-add<strong>in</strong>g that<br />
is undertaken.<br />
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