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Empirical Marketing · Research Dashboard

Countercyclical Pricing
in the Canned Soup Aisle

A retail-scanner view of Progresso's summer price premium — when
demand collapses, pricing climbs. Campbell's holds the line.
Census Region
— stores · Jun 2001 – Dec 2006
Monthly Category Volume
Units · Stacked
Total category
Campbell's
Progresso
Demand peaks in winter across every region. Summer is the category's trough.
Seasonality of Pricing
Volume-weighted avg · USD
Progresso raises prices into the summer trough — Campbell's is nearly flat.
Good & Bad Markets for Progresso
Stores classified · 30% share cutoff
Good · ≥30% Ok · 20–30% Bad · <20%