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Issues Identified at Kudler Foods

Kudler Foods , being one of the best quality grocery store for meats and wines apart from other offerings has been in existence since 1998 . The major issues identified at Kudler Foods include

Kudler Foods deals with fast-moving consumer goods and perishable items food . Thus , it is difficult to maintain inventory (only fresh food is sold ) and all leftovers are donated to charity . This poses a great problem to demand forecasting at Kudler Foods

Kathy has to work 24 /7 to manage the work at her 3 stores

: hiring too many assistants has cost implications and so Kathy will be unable to break-even if she tries to lessen her workload

Kudler Foods ' three outlets are great stores where the staff has to be paid comparatively higher salaries in to compensate them for the quality output that is required of them at Kudler Foods . The small managerial team at Kudler Food outlets is burdened with a plethora of responsibilities which they have to strive hard to complete

The nature of jobs is quite specific at Kudler Foods for some positions making it difficult for Kudlers ' staff to take holidays or miss an hour or two . Kathy has to compensate them monetarily and hope that things go well (problem : dependency on specific non-substitutable skills is high

Most important issue : The Del Mar outlet is ailing in business . Although the location for the business was fine , there has not been much of a demand stir

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