Im Supermarkt: GAPP 2014 Project by

Cereal

erinlaw1982 — 2014-04-15 12:34:32 UTC

Here in Quincy we do things a little differently than in Germany. We have a large selection of types of cereals. In Quincy the name brand mainly sells the most, and Cheerios is the most popular name brand. Corn puffs sell the least. Ben professes that he does not like to eat breakfast. Nora swears by Lucky Charms and Clayton prefers Reese's Puffs.

Eating cold cereal is typical for Americans. According to an ABC POLL (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/PollVault/story?id=762685) 31% of Americans who do eat breakfast, eat cold cereal.

Bakery

2014-04-16 13:27:35 UTC

In the bakery section, everything is made on site. There is another section of the store that sells baked goods, like national brand breads, but that is not included in the bakery section.

The best selling item is cookies. There are 18 kinds of cookies, 7 kinds of pie, 20 kinds of bread, 16 kinds of rolls and buns, 18 kinds of cakes and 10 kinds of muﬃns. The bakery also sells donuts, an American favorite.

Renee swears by the chocolate chip cookies. Emily likes the brownies. Haley is in to the sugar cookies.

Different Stores

2014-04-16 13:36:00 UTC

Hyvee is one of Quincy's main grocery store. There are two locations in Quincy: Harrison St.and Broadway St. Hyvee employs mostly high school and college aged students, with managers and full-time employees making up only about 18% of the work force. The make up of employees are 9 managers, 7 shift managers, 19 department mangers, 1 human resource manager, 807 employees at the store. The starting wage starts at $8.25. Part-time employees work between 10 and 25 hours per week in shifts that are around 6 hours long. Employees sack groceries, push shopping carts, help customers find products, or clean the store.

Soda

2014-04-16 13:36:53 UTC

The top 5 sodas are Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Dr. Pepper. Coca-Cola makes up over 25% of all soda sales while its rival Pepsi gets more than 14% of sales. Diet Coke is the second most popular soda with over 15% of sales. Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper both bring in about 10% of sales.

Andrew and Tanner are Dr. Pepper fans. Paige loves Cherry Pepsi.

Ice Cream

erinlaw1982 — 2014-04-18 01:58:08 UTC

Hy-Vee sells 15 different brands on ice cream. This includes store brand. Each brand has several flavors. Enem though there are lots of different flavors available, chocolate and vanilla are the two top selling flavors. Everyone can eat some sort of ice cream. Even people who are lactose intolerant can find a favorite flavor.

Sailor loves all flavors that end in 'sherbet'. You can't keep Sophie out of the chocolate vanilla swirl. Cierra loves chocolate marshmallow.

Chips

erinlaw1982 — 2014-04-27 10:03:24 UTC

HyVee on Broadway in Quincy has 42 different types of chips. The cheapest bag of chips is worth around $1.99. The most expensive bag of chips is around $4.29. The cheapest bags are usually the store brands, and the expensive bags are the big name brands such as Lays or Doritos. When people are deciding whether to buy store chips or brand chips, the results are about the same. It all depends on what they are there to buy. Finally, the best selling bag of chips is Lays Wavy.

Project Overview

erinlaw1982 — 2014-04-27 10:16:26 UTC

For their 2014 GAPP Project, Quincy Notre Dame Students looked at a local grocery store. They surveyed several different departments to determine price points and customer preference. The data they collected gives an interesting view of how an American grocery store is run and what the American consumer is willing to purchase.