Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Business Studies

Chapter

Marketing

Question:

Read the following passage and answer the question

Mr. X is working as a manager at 'Cheezy's Pizza's' at Pali Hills, Mumbai. He has a good command over his employees as well as customers. One of his sub-ordinates Mr. Y left his company and opened up a similar pizza chain called 'Mozzy's Pizzas' opposite to 'Cheezy's Pizzas' as a new competitor. 'Mozzy's' copied the recipes and the business model of theezy's' and started selling pizzas @50% discount as an introductory offer. Mr. X was losing his sales and so he called up the team meeting with the executives to discuss this issue. The team meeting concluded with certain suggestions like protecting the brand name with necessary Intellectual Property Rights; The company decided to give a new look to the logo and colors of brand name and then giving it legal protection. The operation executive suggested Mr. X to add more variety in their current menu eg. more pizza toppings, more flavours of pastas and soups, etc. The marketing executive provided an idea to distribute free slices of pizza at malls and gaming areas for children in order to attract more customers. The marketing executive also suggested to provide free 'home delivery' to increase customer base. In order to develop goodwill, the company also decided to print the list of ingredients outside the package to inform the customers about product contents. The marketing executive also came up with a plan to provide gifts to customer who buy in bulk e.g. 2 soups, free with 01 large pizza, 01 pasta free with 02 medium pizzas.

Which dimension is discussed in the statement "The operation executive suggested MR. X to add more variety in their current menu eg. more pizza toppings, move flavors of pastas and soups, etc."

Options:

Product mix

Price mix

Place mix

Promotion mix

Correct Answer:

Product mix

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (1) : Product mix

The dimension discussed in the statement "The operation executive suggested Mr. X to add more variety in their current menu, e.g., more pizza toppings, more flavors of pastas and soups, etc." is:

1. Product mix

The statement is related to expanding the variety of products offered on the menu, which falls under the "Product Mix" dimension of the  marketing mix. It's about diversifying the range of products or services available to customers.