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Fresh Market (Fresh Market) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $442 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2016)


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What is Fresh Market Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Fresh Market's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2016 was $123 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2016 was $442 Mil.


Fresh Market Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fresh Market's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fresh Market Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Fresh Market Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 247.05 303.50 349.81 406.45 441.66

Fresh Market Quarterly Data
Apr11 Jul11 Oct11 Jan12 Apr12 Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16
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Competitive Comparison of Fresh Market's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Fresh Market's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fresh Market's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Fresh Market's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fresh Market's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Fresh Market Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $442 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Fresh Market  (NAS:TFM) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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Fresh Market (Fresh Market) Business Description

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Fresh Market, Inc., is a Delaware corporation and it was founded in 1982. The Company is a specialty retailer focused on creating an extraordinary food shopping experience for its customers. It provides high-quality food products, with an emphasis on fresh, premium perishables and an uncompromising commitment to customer service. As of January 26, 2014, the Company operates 151 stores in 26 states. It offers fresh, carefully selected, high-quality food products focused on perishable categories. Examples of its offerings include hand-trimmed steaks that are aged for tenderness, fresh seafood delivered up to six times per week, hand-stacked produce that is colorfully displayed and French-style baguettes baked in-store each morning. The Company's stores average approximately 21,000 square feet, compared to the approximately 40,000 to 60,000 square foot stores operated by many conventional supermarkets. The Company's distribution strategy is to capitalize on the capabilities of best-in-class third-party logistics providers and, as such, it does not own warehouses, distribution facilities or transportation equipment. The Company outsources substantially all of its logistics functions to third-party distributors and vendors. Its trademarks, including its registered The Fresh Market, Experience the Food and TFM trademarks are valuable assets that reinforce its customers' favorable perception of its stores. The Company's competition varies and includes national conventional supermarkets such as Kroger and Safeway, regional supermarkets such as Harris Teeter and Publix, national superstores such as Wal-Mart and Target, alternative food retailers such as Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, and local supermarkets, natural foods stores, smaller specialty stores and farmers' markets. The Company's stores are subject to various local, state, federal and international laws, regulations and administrative practices affecting its business.
Executives
Jane J. Thompson director 628 GREEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 500, GREENSBORO NC 27408
Pamela K Kohn officer: EVP-Chief Merchandising Ofcr. 3001 COLORADO BLVD, DENTON TX 76210
Jeffrey G Naylor director
Bob Sasser director P.O. BOX 2500, NORFOLK VA 23501-2500
Michael Dennis Casey director 1170 PEACHTREE STREE NE STE 900, ATLANTA GA 30309
Robert K Shearer director 400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27403
Michael D Tucci director COACH, 516 W 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Richard A Noll director 1000 EAST HANES MILL ROAD, C/O HANESBRANDS INC., WINSTON SALEM NC 27105
Scott F. Duggan officer: SVP General Counsel C/O THE FRESH MARKET, INC., 628 GREEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 500, GREENSBORO NC 27408
Matt T Argano officer: SVP - Human Resources LL FLOORING HOLDINGS, INC., 4901 BAKERS MILL LANE, RICHMOND VA 23230
Steven B Tanger director
Jeffrey C Ackerman officer: EVP-CFO 7201 WEST FRIENDLY AVENUE, GREENSBORO NC 27410
David L Rea director
Craig Carlock director, officer: President/CEO C/O THE FRESH MARKET, INC., 628 GREEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 500, GREENSBORO NC 27408
Lisa Klinger other: Former officer C/O THE FRESH MARKET, INC., 628 GREEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 500, GREENSBORO NC 27408

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