Which pricing approach uses a price per unit or weight determined by the PLU system rather than a shelf tag?

Which pricing approach uses a price per unit or weight determined by the PLU system rather than a shelf tag?

• A. Fixed item pricing
• B. Promotional pricing
• C. PLU-based pricing
• D. Time-based pricing

Answer: (C)

This is about how prices are loaded and applied through PLU codes. In PLU-based pricing, the price for an item or for weighed items is determined by the PLU system itself—the code links to a specific price per unit or per pound in the store’s pricing database, and the checkout uses that data when the item is scanned or weighed. The shelf tag may show a reference or help guide, but the actual price charged comes from the PLU data, which makes it consistent across scales and variations in weight. This differs from fixed item pricing, where the price is the same no matter what; promotional pricing, which applies a temporary sale price, and time-based pricing, which changes with time rather than item-specific PLU data.

This is about how prices are loaded and applied through PLU codes. In PLU-based pricing, the price for an item or for weighed items is determined by the PLU system itself—the code links to a specific price per unit or per pound in the store’s pricing database, and the checkout uses that data when the item is scanned or weighed. The shelf tag may show a reference or help guide, but the actual price charged comes from the PLU data, which makes it consistent across scales and variations in weight. This differs from fixed item pricing, where the price is the same no matter what; promotional pricing, which applies a temporary sale price, and time-based pricing, which changes with time rather than item-specific PLU data.