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Why Your Signed Contract Doesn't Match Your Trade Plan (and What to Do About It)

A 10% MCB on a $40 case should cost $4.00. Distributors calculate it against their own wholesale price instead, usually 35-40% higher than what you actually charged, so that same $4.00 can arrive billed at $5.60. On our webinar with Fred Schroeder, who spent his career on the other side of this at P&G and Coca-Cola, he put a number on how often contracts and trade plans disagree: probably close to two-thirds of promotions.

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