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Refrigerated foods must be received at or below which temperature?
41ºF (5ºC)
When a purchasing manager is given a tropical vacation from a vendor in return for a purchase, this is known as a?
Kickback
Some operations allow their employees to buy products from the operation’s vendors for their personal use at discounted prices. This is known as
Steward Sales
Which purchaser communication behaviors might cause a vendor to consider the purchaser to be a “problem account”?
Frequent emergencies, order changes, and last minute issues
Costing a recipe and calculating order quantities is an example of which type of a purchaser’s skills?
Technical
Which question should a purchasing manager ask before deciding to accept a holiday gift from a current vendor?
Does acceptance of the gift follow the operation’s policies or code of ethics?
An agreement between two businesses in which the contract’s consideration is NOT in the form of money is called a?
Trade out
In a small- or medium-sized independent operation, the dining room manager and bar manager typically report to the
Owner/general manager.
Specifying the exact name of the item or service an operation wants to buy will
Help ensure that the correct item is
purchased.
One of the most important receiving procedures in an operation is
Confirming that the products meet the quality standards.
Legally valid agreements consist of an offer, consideration, and
Acceptance.
A customer count forecast can be calculated by using which of the following formulas?
Customer count last period + (Customer count last period × % increase expected)
Which interpersonal skill is required of a purchaser?
Training receiving staff
A benefit of using a broadline vendor for a product category is that it will
Decrease processing time with fewer deliveries and invoices
The process of assessing whether to prepare food from scratch or purchase as a partially or fully processed item is known as a
Make-or-buy analysis.
Maintaining quality standards is most difficult with which item?
Fresh Vegetables
The use of portion-control jelly packets can be more cost-effective than open jelly dishes because jelly packets
Can be re-served if not used.
A portable platform used to store and move products is a
Pallet
Product ownership is transferred from the vendor to the operation when the
Delivery invoice is signed.
Which type of purchasing process is in use at a small-volume operation that does NOT employ a full-time purchasing staff?
Decentralized
When receiving a product delivery, the vendor’s invoice should be compared to the
Purchase order.
Alternative products and services are also known as?
Acceptable Substitutes
Which agency can regulate food vendors?
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
To calculate expected usage, what is used as the starting point?
Past sales trends
The two primary concerns in a make-or buy analysis are
Quality or Control