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Seventeen Versions of the GIANT Weekly Ad

Mert Iseri

Ora reads weekly ads item by item. This is every item in this week's GIANT ad, in all seventeen versions GIANT prints across Pennsylvania.

The numbers

The ad for September 18 to 24 reaches 166 stores in 144 ZIP codes, in 17 regional versions. The largest covers 43 stores from West Chester to Doylestown, and four versions serve a single store. Sixteen versions carry 292 to 306 items. The two stores in Everett and Saxton get a short ad of 108.

Across all seventeen, there are 374 distinct items. 245 are in every full version and 18 appear in one version only. A third of every version is multi-buys: 101 of the 306 items in the largest, most often 2 for $6 or 2 for $7.

One item, five prices

30 items change price with the version. Michelob Ultra 15 packs are $16.49 in Philadelphia and $13.99 in Williamsport. Philadelphia prices soda on its own: a Pepsi 6 pack is buy 3 get 3 free in fifteen versions and $4.99 in the city.

VersionStoresZIP codesItemsMulti-buys
West Chester, Doylestown, Langhorne4335306101
Harrisburg, York, Carlisle4134306100
Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton1514306100
Lancaster1310306100
Springfield, Havertown, Broomall121030596
Jenkintown, New Hope, Conshohocken1010306100
Hazleton, Stroudsburg, Dickson City8830596
Philadelphia8730697
Williamsport, Lewisburg, Selinsgrove3330596
State College, Bellefonte3330496
Lewistown, Burnham2229299
Everett, Saxton2210840
Northeast Philadelphia2230696
Huntingdon1130496
Lehighton1130496
Pottsville1130496
McConnellsburg1130496

Download the dataset: 4,977 rows, every item in each of the 17 versions with its deal text, price, multi-buy quantity, savings, limit, and dates, plus the 166 stores with their version.

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