The decision to determine which brands and products should be stocked by a retailer is known
as:
-assortment
-allocation
-replenishment
-predicting
-assortment
Prison gardening programs have been shown to reduce violence and improve the nutritional
quality of prison food.
True
False
True
Noncommercial food service accounts for about __________ of sales in the U.S. food service
sector.
-1%
-10%
-48%
-90%
10%
Nonperishable goods represent a competitive advantage that traditional grocers have over low
cost supercenters such as Wal-Mart.
True
False
False
, Consumers retain the ability to control the nutritional and caloric content of their meals as they
eat more of their meals away from home.
True
False
False
__________ distributors purchase products in bulk from manufacturers, food brokers, and
consolidators. They then break up these bulk shipments into individual orders that are delivered
to food service companies.
-Broadline
-Specialty
-Discount
-Mid-market
-Broadline
All of the following are true except:
-conventional supermarkets are changing their layouts to lure customers to high margin sections
-the typical new grocery store is increasing in size; that is, in square feet
-bakeries in today's stores are often the largest section in the store
-some food retailers are creating deli areas with dining space.
-the typical new grocery store is increasing in size; that is, in square feet
All of the following are true except:
-the U.S. military represents 20% of overall U.S. food sales.
-each branch of the military decides whether to manage its own domestic food service activities
or to contract out these services.
-the U.S. military represents 2% of overall U.S. food sales.