3rd Party Notify E-mail

Field in the Deal Header where a user can enter an email address of a third party (vendor, broker, etc.) they wish to receive email notifications on the deal.

A/P Vendor

Vendor as it exists in the PeopleSoft system.

A/T

(Advantage/Total Movement) The comparison of Advantage Card Movement to Total Movement for a product.

A/T (I Scan)

This means either A (Advantage Card) or T (Total).

Ad Block Price Format

The format used in the Ad Block (e.g. Starting At, Consumer Message, Either/Or Price, Price Range, Random Weight BOGO).

Ad Fee

Fee that Giant Eagle charges vendors for placing an ad for their promoted products.

Ad Location

Can be Front Page, Back Page, Inside, Liner, FSI, or None.

Ad Plan

Packet of information that gets created and sent out to stores letting them know the ads for the week.

Ad Strength

(Identifier can be alphanumeric) Using Ad Strength field will allow teams to sort their ad plan based on ad strength.  A block designated “A” will sort first, followed by “B,” “C,” “D,” etc.

Add Override

An option that allows a manual override to be added to a deal. Found in Deal Management's Apply All screen.

Add Zone

An option that allows a zone to be added to a deal. Found in Deal Management's Apply All screen.

Address Sequence

A field that is used in PeopleSoft to differentiate between numerous addresses for a single vendor.

Admin Fee

Fee that Giant Eagle charges vendors for processing an ad for promoted products.

Advertisement Start/End Date

The start date and end date of the ad (not necessarily the Promotion Date). Note: An ad may be out for dates within the Promotion Dates.

Allowance

Reduction in price offered to the retailer by a manufacturer/wholesaler that is contingent upon some special arrangement. It usually compensates the retailer for expense incurred in marketing the product.

AMP

(Advertising Merchandising Promotions) Automated process for the submission and execution of Giant Eagle's ad circular between Merchandising and Advertising.

AMP Comment Types

A classification given to Comments in Deal Central as seen in the Internal section. The Comment types are Store, Merchandising, and Advertising.

Approved

Status in Deal Central showing that a deal has been approved.

Attachment

External files that can be uploaded and stored within Deal Central at the Deal level or the Item level. File types that can be stored are images (jpg, bmp, gif, etc.) or documents (xls, doc, ppt, txt, etc.).

Audited

Status indicating that a deal has undergone an independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of information, to ensure compliance with established policies, profitability, and procedures.

Authorized

The status of a deal after it has been successfully Approved and Reviewed. At this point, the deal is ready to be sent to downstream systems.

Banner

Refers to products, principles, and regulations enforced by Giant Eagle Inc. -- These ideas are represented by the Giant Eagle Banner carried in Corporate and Independent Giant Eagle stores. Examples of Banners are GetGo, Giant Eagle Express, Valu King, and Market District.

Best History Ad

The date of a previous deal that a vendor or category member will want to refer to. Sometimes the date is used as a date of reference to look up in the Merchandising Electronic Forecasting Tool (MEFT).

Biceps (BCPS)

The purchasing software that is used to set up and procure all items distributed through our Regional Distribution Centers.

Billback

A spend-side allowance that is billed back to the vendor for the number of units that are received into a G.E. Warehouse.

Block Size

Can be Consumer Message, Starting At, Either/Or Price, Price Range, or Random Weight BOGO.

BOGO

Buy One Get One free.

Broker

An agent in the marketing chain who negotiates contracts between buyers (wholesalers) and sellers without taking the title to the merchandise. This agent may find buyers for seller of merchandise or may find sources of merchandise for wholesalers and/or retail buyers.

Business Unit (BU)

Field that is used in PeopleSoft (and other systems) that specifies the Business Unit.

Buy Deal Order First/Last Date

The date when Giant Eagle can start/stop buying items for the deal.

BWL

(Beer, Wine, and Liquor) A term associated with a Giant Eagle brand used to identify the Beer, Wine, and Liquor Department. This department is closely related to Grocery, and is often managed by the Grocery Department Team Leader. Due to State Law, only some of the stores in the chain support BWL Departments.

Case UPC

(Case Universal Product Code) The warehouse item number for an item. This number is pulled from Retail Pricing.

Catalina Overlay

Marketing term. The printer that prints coupons at checkstands in the store.

Category Manager

The Leader of a Giant Eagle category team (Bakery, Dairy, Prepared Foods, etc.).

Category Team

A team in charge of purchasing for a specific category (Bakery, Dairy, Prepared Foods, etc.) in Giant Eagle.

Center Store

Store departments including Grocery, Frozen, Dairy, and Inedible.

Circular

A printed advertisement prepared by the retailer for distribution to customers.

COGNOS

(Manufacturer's Name) Refers to applications \"Impromptu\" and \"Powerplay.\" These are general-purpose database query tools used for running large queries against GEAC (Giant Eagle Advantage Card) Movement and Merchandising data, among others. This applicaiton is generally used by the business leaders for generating large data reports. (Latin: \"We think.\").

Completed

Status in DealCentral denoting that the deal has reached the Promo Retail End Date. The deal has come to an end.

Confirm Rescind

An Action in DealCentral available to internal Team Members that confirms that Giant Eagle is allowing the Vendor to cancel a deal. This is a terminal state of a deal.

Contact

The name of the Vendor contact as stored in the Vendor Repository and pulled into DealCentral deals.

Contractual Fields

Fields in a deal that, if changed, need to be approved by both sides of the deal (G.E. Internal and the Vendor).  Contractual fields include: Ad Start Date, Ad End Date, Allowance Start Date, Allowance End Date, Promo Price Start Date, Promo Price End Date. Ship Start Date, Ship End Date, Ad Fee Amount, Admin Fee, Community Market Flag, Floor Stock Protection, Item added to a family, Performance Type, Scanback Allowance Change, Demo Flag.

COOL (Country of Origin Labeling)

Use this field if country of origin is known.

Copy Deal

Functionality in DealCentral that allows the user to make a copy of an existing deal as a template for future use.

Corporate Store

A store that is owned corporately by Giant Eagle (as opposed to a store that is independently owned).

Cost Link

A group of items with the same costs existing in Retail Pricing (DSD Items) and BICEPS (Warehouse items).

Count/Recount Billing (CRC)

A spend-side allowance that is billed back to the vendor for the number of units that are shipped from a GE warehouse to a store during a specified time period.

Dashboard

The initial browser page where users can view and access all deals they are involved with.

DCOP

(Distribution Center Order Processing) An ordering system used by warehouses for shipping. This system only comes into play if the deal is a Non-Banner or ValuKing deal.

Deal

A deal can be an ALLOWANCE or any cost change with an END DATE.

Deal Cost

= Store Net Cost - Allowance of the Deal.

Deal Description

The detailed title of a deal in DealCentral. Written by the creator of the deal.

Deal Header

The first page of the deal in Deal Central that contains the following sections: Deal number, deal description, Deal Type, Banner, Deal Owner, Deal Status, Vendor information, Allowance types and dates, Promotion Details, Internal Only (Ad Block Price Format, Promotion Code, AMP Comments, etc.).

Deal ID

Automatically generated number assigned by DealCentral to a deal.

Deal Item

The item (or items) included in the deal.

Deal Item Status

The status of the item as dictated by downstream systems (e.g. Retail Pricing).

Deal Printed Field

A field on the Deal Header that is automatically populated with the date and time that the deal was printed by an internal user for the purpose of entering data from the deal into downstream systems (BICEPS, PeopleSoft, etc).

Deal Projected Units

This is a projected number and is not dependant on the sum of items.

Deal Status

The current workflow step of a deal in DealCentral.  Examples of Statuses are: Submitted, Approved, Reviewed, Modified, and Authorized.

Deal Type

The variety of deal that will be offered to the customer. Can be: Wrap, Circular, Temporary Price Reduction (TPR), EveryDay Low Cost (EDLC), Run of Press (ROP), Trade Deal, or Advertised Only.

Deal Unit Cost

The cost per unit of a deal (Total Deal Cost / Pack Size).

Delete

The action to remove an attribute or item from a deal.

Delete Deal

Option that allows the creator of a deal to delete the deal.  Deals can only be deleted in New or Prepared Status.  Deleted deals are permanently deleted from DealCentral.

Demo

Arrangement made for an item to be demonstrated at the store level in lieu of an Ad Fee (e.g. A Natural LOB making an arrangement to demo a new gluten-free product in the store).

Demo Flag

Indicator in DealCentral that a Vendor is including an in-store demo as part of the item promotion.

Display Plan

Field in the Internal Only section of the Deal Header that shows the location of the display. Valid options include: End Cap, Lobby, Dairy Display, Merch Cube, Sidewalk, etc.

Distribution Type

The method for distributing the product(s) involved in the deal to the participating retailer. Includes MEFT, Auto Ship, Survey, Food Show, and GM Show.

DSD

(Direct Store Delivery) Items that are purchased by Giant Eagle and delivered to stores directly.

ED Retail

Everyday Retail.

EDLC

Everyday Low Cost (cost as seen by the stores).

EDLP

Everyday Low Price (price as seen by the consumer).

Email

The e-mail of the contact at the Vendor or Broker.

Entry Type

Field used in PeopleSoft.

Error

A condition in DealCentral that will not allow a deal to change status until a problem has been resolved. Displayed on the Errors tab.

Everyday Retail Margin (after scan)

= (Everyday Retail - Deal Unit Cost after scans) / Everyday Retail.

Everyday Retail Margin (before the scan)

= (Everyday Retail - Unit Cost) / Everyday Retail.

Exclude Community Markets

A checkbox that removes Community Market stores from the deal.

Exclude from Ad Plan Flag

Option on the Deal Header that allows the user to exclude the deal from the Ad Plan.

Exclude from Store Ad Plan Flag

Option on the Deal Header that allows the user to exclude the deal from the Store Ad Plan.

Existing Allowances

Field in DealCentral that shows any allowances that are running on the same item in the same time period.

Existing Scans

Field in DealCentral that shows a scan that exists for the item in the same time frame of the current deal being entered.

Expiration Notification

A checkbox at the Deal Header level that triggers a notification to both the Vendor and the G.E. Team Member that the deal is coming to an end.

Family

Items that are in the same Price Group and have the same Regular Retail Price.

Feature

Team will choose their feature name after it has been added using the Add/Maintain Ad Feature screen in Retail Pricing.

Feature Sequence

Numerical indicator that tells the ad plan where to place that ad block.  This field is combined with Feature and Ad Strength in order to sort ad blocks on the ad plan.

Floor Stock Protection

TBD

FSI

(Free Standing Insert) Coupons that are in newspaper circulars.

GEAC

(Giant Eagle Advantage Card) A frequent shopper discount card associated with Giant Eagle, Inc., which entitles the holder to special discounts on sale items at the register and includes other features such as fuelperks!,  Payroll check cashing services, and other extra discount savings with Giant Eagle, Inc. partners.

Gross Profit

The amount of profit after cost has been deducted from the sale amount.

Group

A selection of similar retail products classed together (e.g. Analgesics, Household, Laundry Care, etc.).

History

Section in Deal Central that logs all changes that happen to a deal between changes in status (including updates to items).

I Scan Add Seq

PeopleSoft Address Sequence assigned to the scan.

I Scan BU

TBD

I Scan Ent Type

PeopleSoft Entry Type assigned to the Internal Scan.

ICM

Inside Cost Margin = (Store Cost - List Cost) / Store Cost.

IDCM

Inside Deal Cost Margin = (Deal Cost - (List Cost - Reflect Amount)) / (Deal Cost + Pass Through).

Independent Store

A Giant Eagle store that is independently (not corporately) owned and operated.

Inside Cost Margin (before the deal)

= (Store Cost - List Cost) / Store Cost

Inside Deal Cost Margin (after the deal)

= (Deal Cost - (List Cost - All Existing Reflect Amounts)) / (Deal Cost + Pass Through)

Internal Note

Notes that are only visible to Giant Eagle Team Members.

Internal Only

Section on the deal that is only visible to Internal Team Members. This is also a checkbox that, when checked, denotes that the deal is an internal only deal.

Internal Scan (I Scan)

A scan that is offered and funded by Giant Eagle.

Invoice Description

The description given to the People Soft entry when allocating a fee amount.

Item

The individual article or unit that is being sold on the promotion.

Item Status

This is the status of the item as dictated by downstream systems (e.g. Retail Pricing).

Item UPC

The item's Universal Product Code. The UPC is a specific type of barcode widely used in the United States and Canada for tracking trade items in stores.

Link

An Action that can be performed by an Internal user which allows 2 deals to run together on one AMP Ad Block. Linked deals must have the same Ad Start Date and same duration. The promo retail price has to be the same for items in deals that are linked (same promo retail or dollars/percentage off) across zones, because they are all in the same ad block.

List Cost

The cost to get the item into the warehouse (if a Warehouse Item) or the cost to get it into the stores (if a DSD items).

LOB

(Line of Business) Examples: Perishables, Meats, Bakery, GetGo, etc.

Locked

A condition of a deal (not to be confused with a Status) where the deal is not allowed to be edited when it has gone to print (advertised deal types). This occurs 13 days before the Ad Start Date.

Long Term Reflect (LTR)

TBD

Long Term Reset

TBD

Max Stores (Wrap)

The maximum number of stores that can be included in a Wrap deal.

Maximum Purchase Quantity

The maximum quantity allowed to be purchased by the consumer.

MEFT

Merchandising Electronic Forecasting Tool. A software package used by Giant Eagle to calculate how much product we should Force Out to individual stores for future ads. The process is as follows: When Giant Eagle is running a Charmin ad on the front page at a $4.99 retail on a certain week, one looks back at past ads to find a similar one (in both location and ad retail). We run the item’s Unit Movement (from Cognos) through MEFT, indicating what percent of the similar week’s movement we want to ship to stores for the new Charmin ad. MEFT produces a store recap that identifies how much of each product each store will receive; this information is, in turn, sent to the stores.

Minimum Vendor Purchase Quantity

A numeric field populated by the vendor where he/she enters a minimum quantity of items allowed to be purchased.

MOP

Merchandising Opportunities Program

MOQ

Minimum Order Quantity

NEI

Non Everyday Item

New

Deal is NEW and has not been submitted.

No Saves Price Format

When checked, ad block will not display a save amount in Promotion Manager.

Non-Contractual Field

A field in DealCentral, that if changed, does not need to be agreed to by the vendor and Giant Eagle.

Note

A record that is manually entered into DealCentral where a user can document a message on the deal.  There are 2 types of notes:  1) Public notes - viewable by all users.  These types of notes, if entered by an internal person, will cause a deal to be put into Modified Status and sent back to the Vendor's Dashboard.  2) Internal notes - viewable only by internal users.

Off-Invoice (OI)

A purchase-side allowance that is taken off the purchase order/extended receiver at the time the vendor’s invoice is paid.  If the allowance is an Off Invoice, the OI will appear on both the extend receiver and the vendor invoice.  If the allowance is an Off Bill, the amount is not represented on the purchase order, but is deducted on the invoice.  Regardless of the type, both allowances are reflected as a reduction in the acquisition cost.

Others Charge

Used by VK only (when brought live).  Optional field used to communicate competition retail.

Outside Margin

Also called Promo Margin.  Margin on the promotional price.

Override

A selection of stores within a zone as defined by and in Retail Pricing.

Pack/Size

TBD

Pass Through (PT or P/T)

An amount that Giant Eagle is willing to take from their inside margin and pass it on to the stores.

PDP

Prioritized Display Planner

Penny for Penny

This is when a vendor gives us a scan and we pass the complete amount of the discount to the customer.  In this instance, the savings is being passed 'Penny for Penny' from the vendor to the customer.

PeopleSoft

A company that provides human resource management systems (HRMS) and customer relationship management (CRM) software, as well as software solutions for manufacturing, financials, and enterprise performance management. This is the software package we use to handle Giant Eagle's Accounts Payables.

Performance Only Deal

A deal that is created for advertising only.

Phone

[Field] The phone number of the Vendor as stored in the Vendor Repository and pulled into DealCentral deals.

POS

(Point of Sale) A POS transaction is captured using a variety of devices, which include computers, cash registers, optical and bar code scanners, magnetic card readers, or any combination of these devices.

Price Group

TBD

Price Look Up (PLU)

Identification numbers affixed to produce and other products in grocery stores and supermarkets for use at check out.

Printed

The process for reproducing text and image from the system and putting it on paper.

PRMAS (Promoted Retail Margin After Scan)

Promoted Retail Margin (after scan) = (Promo Unit Retail - Deal Unit Cost - Total Scans) / Promo Unit Retail.

PRMBS (Promoted Retail Margin Before Scan)

Promoted Retail Margin (before scan) = (Promo Unit Retail - Deal Unit Cost) / Promotion Retail

Promo Retail Start/Promo Retail End Date

The start date and end date of the actual deal (not to be confused with Ad Start and Ad End).

Promoted Unit Retail

Retail Price of the unit after Promotion values have been applied to it.

Promotion

The act of publicizing or advertising an item/items.

Promotion % Off

The percent amount of the promotion deducted from the retail price of the item.

Promotion $ Off

The amount of the promotion deducted from the retail price of the item.

Promotion Code

A code that is used in Retail Pricing to classify the promotion and run other downstream processes.

Promotion Price

The price at which the promotional item is being sold.

PROMPT

A system used to match invoices to receivings and interfaces with PeopleSoft.

Reflect (to Stores)

The amount of an allowance (or allowances) that is applied to stores.

Reflect Amount

TBD

Reflect Start/End Date

The Start and End date that the Reflect amount is shown to the stores.

Reject

The action that a category Team Member takes when refusing a deal (terminating it). Note: A rejected deal will be removed from the system 30 days after it has been rejected.

Rescind

An Action a Vendor takes to repeal, cancel, or annul a deal (terminating it).

Rescind Confirmed

An Action available to Internal Team Members that allows confirmation that Giant Eagle is allowing the Vendor to rescind the deal. This is a terminal state of a deal.

Resubmit

TBD

Reviewed

Status indicating that all aspects of a deal have been checked for accuracy by the GE Category Team.

Reward Promo

A flag that is checked at the Deal Header level indicating that the deal is a Reward Promo.

RP

Retail Pricing System

RRMAS (Regular Retail Margin After Scan)

The margin that exists on an item after scanbacks are applied to the item.

RRMBS (Regular Retail Margin Before Scan)

The margin that exists on an item before any scanbacks are applied to the item.

Run of Press (ROP)

A Deal that is not in a circular, but is shown in a newspaper.

Scan (Scanback)

The amount that will be charged back to the Vendor for each unit of an item scanned through the POS System during the dates specified.

Scan Movement

TBD

Scan Start/End Date

The Start and End date that the scan is in effect.

Shipper

Display packaging containing multiple items that are shipped and displayed together. Usually displayed in a corrugated cardboard stand.

Signage End Date

Sign end date automatically defaults to ad end date if sign end date is not populated, but signage text is entered.  The Signage End date is the last date the sign should hang/retail end date.  Teams have the option to place any end date in this field, based on their sign need.

Signage Text

If store signage should be created by Advertising, enter sign size(s) and quantities; for example:  20X30 (2) 11X17 (1).

Size

The unit of measure for an item.

Status

A classification that defines where a deal is in the workflow (\"life of the deal\"). Examples include: New, Modified, Reviewed, Submitted, Re-Submitted, Request Rescind, Prepared, Approved, Authorized, Reject, Rescind Confirmed, Started and Completed.

Store Cost

The cost of an item to the store.

Store Name

The name of the Giant Eagle store.

Sub-group

A group within a group. For example, one sub-group of the Paper Products group would be Paper Towels.

Submit Deal

The action a Vendor or Internal Team Member can perform to send a deal to an approver/reviewer.

Submitted

Status indicating that a deal has been sent to downstream systems.

Syscode

System Code Designer. This is used to group certain lines of business. For example: Floral and Produce has a \"PR\" syscode because they are shipped from the same warehouse.

Temporary Price Reduction (TPR)

Type of deal where the price is reduced for a limited amount of time.

Terms and Conditions (T&C)

General and special arrangements, provisions, requirements, rules, specifications, and standards that form an integral part of the Deal and use of DealCentral.

TROGO

Buy One get Two Free

UNFI

The leading independent national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and related products including nutritional supplements, personal care items and organic produce.

Unit Cost

= Store Net Cost / Pack Quantity

Unit of Measure (UOM)

Unit of measure in regards to Projected Units.

Universal Product Code (UPC)

A specific type of barcode that is widely used in Canada and the United States for tracking trade items in stores.

Unlocked

The action performed by the Deal Central admin where a deal that is locked (un-editable) is changed so that users can edit fields.

UOM

Unit of Measurement

Up Charge

The inside margin.

V Scan

Vendor funded scan.

V Scan Add Seq

PeopleSoft Address Sequence assigned to the vendor scan.

V Scan Ent Type

PeopleSoft Entry Type assigned to the vendor scan.

V/I

Vendor / Internal

Validate

The action performed by a user that runs edits/checks within Deal Central valid for the Status that the deal is in.  This action is performed to make sure that the there is integrity in the data before sending the deal on to the next workflow step.

Vendor

The external merchandise source involved in a deal (supplier of product to Giant Eagle).

Warning

A comment that is shown via popups and resides on the Errors tab that notifies the user that there is something occurred in the deal that should receive special notice.  This will not stop a deal from passing to another Status.

WHITEM (Warehouse Item)

Warehouse item code number.

Wholesale Banner

A wholesale banner is a non-banner.

Wine Save Up to Override

When checked, ad block will display “Save up to…” for wine items in Promotion Manager.

Wrap

An advertisement where a special insert is added to a circular. This additional ad usually contains special promotions that focus on a subset of stores. Usually a one sheet ad that \"wraps\" around the chain-wide circular.

Wrap Store

A store that is participating in the scan.