Marketing mix

The basis of a company’s marketing plan to encourage the consumer to purchase their product/service.

• Product: an item offered for sale
• Place: the distribution and placement in a supermarket of a food product to the consumer at the right time and location in an aisle
• Price: the amount of money expected, required or given in payment for the purchase of a food product
• Promotion: the method used by a business to inform, persuade and remind a target market about its products.

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