medium · GRE Verbal
Two neighboring bakeries, Alba and Brenn, opened on the same street in the same month. Alba priced its signature sourdough loaf at $6 and sold 200 loaves in its first month. Brenn priced the same style of loaf at $9 and also sold 200 loaves in its first month. A business columnist concluded that customers in this neighborhood are entirely insensitive to the price of sourdough bread.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the columnist's conclusion?
- Brenn is located directly beside a busy train station, giving it far heavier foot traffic than Alba, whereas Alba draws only local residents.
- Both of the bakeries used the very same certified organic flour, all of it sourced from a single shared regional supplier located just a few miles up the road.
- Alba's owner had previously run a highly successful and well-reviewed artisan bakery in a different city for several years before this.
- The average price of a comparable sourdough loaf across the wider metropolitan area is much closer to $9 per loaf than it is to $6.
- Brenn also sells a wide and varied range of pastries and cakes, an entire category of baked goods that Alba does not offer to its customers at all.
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