A Grocery Store Manager Is Responsible for the Operating Performance

question 138

Multiple Choice

A grocery store manager is responsible for the operating performance of a grocery store.From the manager's point of view,which of the following is NOT a controllable cost?

• A) temporary stocking staff hired to reorganize products in every aisle
• B) supplies in break room that include coffee, cups, donuts, cookies and stirring sticks
• C) fee charged by pest management company to apply pesticide
• D) rent expense on store building

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Definitions:

Diminishing Marginal Product

The principle that as additional units of a variable input are added to a fixed input, the additional output produced from each new unit of input will eventually decrease.

Units Of Output

The quantity of goods or services produced by a firm, sector, or economy within a given time period.

Measures Of Cost

Various metrics and methods used to quantify the expenses involved in producing a good or providing a service, including fixed, variable, and total costs, which are critical for business decision-making and pricing strategies.

Total Cost

The overall expenses incurred by a firm in producing goods or services, including both fixed and variable costs.