Cigarette Deals

I have often wondered why cigarette manufacturers insist on contracts. So I have been conducting studies to determine the real value of cigarette deals. Below, I have accumulated one month's data from one store to determine if the space allocated for all brands from a single manufacturer is justifiable. My conclusion after several years of study is that most convenience store operators might be better off stocking the brands that will produce profits as opposed to allowing poor sellers to occupy space that could be used by other brands that do produce sales. Having products that produce less than one sale per week doesn't make much sense to me. The contracts operators sign with manufacturers is definitely more to the supplier's advantage than to the retailer.

Brand	Units Sold	$ Sale
MARLB RED HP	313	$1,552.98
MARLB LIGHTS 100 GOLD HP	256	$1,216.32
MARLB LIGHTS MENTHOL GREEN KS HP	148	$722.19
MARLB 100'S RED HP *	148	$678.75
MARLB ULTRALIGHT SILVER HP	81	$401.82
MARLB SPEC BLEND GOLD HP	75	$239.22
MARLBORO 72'S HP	72	$305.67
MARLBORO 72 BOX	70	$296.81
MARLBORO MENTHOL	65	$347.52
MARLB SPEC BLEND RED HP	54	$208.21
MARLB ULTRA LIGHTS 100 SILVER HP	53	$276.93
MARLBORO 72'S GREEN BXFSC	46	$199.35
MARLBORO SMOOTH BLUE HP	35	$173.76
VIRGINIA SLIMS MENTHOL GREEN HP	29	$153.14
MARLBORO BLEND #54 CARTON	29	$152.04
MARLB LIGHTS MENTHOL GREEN 100'S HP	28	$146.61
VA SLIMS SS MENTH GREEN HP	26	$111.91
L&M FILTER FF BOX	26	$92.85
VA SLIMS RED/GOLD HP	25	$135.47
MARLB SPEC BLEND 100'S RED HP	23	$93.03
MARLB BLEND 27 BRONZE HP	22	$119.46
BASIC FF	21	$83.81
MARLB 100'S RED HP	21	$103.17
L&M FF 100'S BOX FSC	21	$74.65
MARLB SPEC BLEND 100 GOLD HP	21	$88.60
MARLB RED SP	20	$119.46
MARLB MEDIUM RED HP	20	$103.17
MARLBORO 72 BLUE BX FSC	16	$44.30
MARLBORO ULTRA LIGHTS 100'S BOX	15	$38.01
L & M LIGHT BOX	13	$48.72
MARLB LIGHTS GOLD SP	12	$59.73
VA SLIM MENTHOL LUXURY UL 120'S HP	12	$58.90
MARLB 100'S GREEN HP	12	$54.30
MARLB 100'S RED SP	12	$54.30
MARLB MILD BLUE MENTHOL HP	12	$65.16
VIRGINIA SLIMS BLUE HP	9	$53.01
VIRGINIA SLIMS 120 LL GOLD HP	8	$35.34
MARLB MILDS 100'S BLUE MENTHOL HP	8	$43.44
L&M LIGHT 100'S BOX	7	$26.88
MARLB LIGHTS 100 GOLD SP	7	$32.58
L&M MENTHOL KING BOX FSC	7	$26.33
L&M MENTHOL 100'S BOX FSC	6	$22.39
L&M ULRA LTS BX	5	$14.76
VIRGINIA SLIMS MENTHOL BOX	5	$23.56
MARLBORO 72 UL BOX	5	$22.15
VA SLIMS LIGHTS GOLD HP	4	$23.56
MARLB VIRG BLEND 100 SILVER HP	3	$16.29
VA SLIM MEN LL 120'S GREEN HP	3	$17.67
BASIC FF BOX	3	$10.16
VA SLIM SS RD HP	3	$17.67
BASIC FF 100 BOX FSC	3	$10.16
BASIC LIGHTS LIGHTS 100	2	$10.16
MARLB SMOOTH BLUE 100 HP	2	$10.86
MARLBORO MILD BOX 100	2	$10.86
MARLBORO MEN SILV KSBXFSC	1	$54.30
B&H 100'S LIGHTS GOLD HP	1	$6.59
BASIC UL BOX 100	1	$5.08
MARLBORO LIGHTS GOLD HP 10	1	$54.30
BASIC MENT GOLD KS BOXFSC	1	$5.08
MARLBORO VIRG BLEND BX FSC	1	$5.43
MARLBORO BLEND #54 100	1	$5.43
Grand Total	1951	$9,184.36