Official Solution:
Other supermarkets may contain delis or coffee bars, but the powerful blend of specialty food market with café that has made Duetto Market, the pioneer in such a concept, so popular sets the standard for what is sure to be a national trend. Customers dining in the café sample expensive specialty foods in expertly prepared entrees and appetizers before purchasing raw materials in the market. Owners consolidate costs by ordering larger quantities of spices, meat, produce, and cheeses, some of which are then used in preparing food for the café. As more café and supermarket owners follow this pattern of blended options, attracting a variety of customers, it is expected that _____________
Which of the following options best completes the passage?
A. Duetto Market will increase their profit margins further.
B. other supermarkets will get more crowded.
C. Supermarkets with café will get more crowded.
D. other supermarkets will struggle to maintain their business.
E. Supermarkets with café will increase their profit margins.
The blank must be filled in with an expected outcome that is caused because “
more café and supermarket owners follow this pattern of blended options”.
A. If more players enter the market, it is unlikely that Duetto Market can increase its profits.
B. If a variety of customers are attracted towards the new type of blended market, then the other supermarkets are expected to have fewer customers.
C. Supermarkets with café will get more crowded, if more customers are attracted to these markets without a matching increase in numbers of such markets. Thus MORE of such markets is not expected to result in crowding of these markets. The correct option must contain an outcome that is caused by MORE of such markets.
D. CORRECT. If more café and supermarket owners follow this pattern of blended options, attracting a variety of customers, the other supermarkets are expected to struggle to maintain their business.
E. If more players enter the market, it is unlikely that the players can increase their profits.
Answer: D