Kudler Foods currently has three locations La, Joita, Del Mar, and Encinitas CA. Kudler Fine Foods stocks a wide selection of fresh ingredients as well as gourmet cooking tools. Kudler Fine Foods is committed to providing customers with the very best foods and wine so their culinary visions can come true. Each store includes a European style bakery, meat, seafood, fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, and organic dairy products. In addition to the wonderful variety of foods, each location offers an extensive collection of domestic and imported wines. Since the first store opened five years ago Kudler foods is focusing on expanding the business services while continuing to improve the efficiency of the operations. In order to accomplish this successfully, the operations manager must develop a business process that enables the organization to remain open, continue to purchase products, control inventory, manage quality, and operations system. Kudler foods decided to contract with local organic growers, however, contracting to local growers could have a signific...... Word Count: 603 Page Count: 2.4 (250 words a page / double spaced)