Jacky Foo, USP-Samoa wrote:
>It seems to me that the retail system is an inefficient system due to losses
>in the produce.
>In Losada's paper on the Central Food depot of Mexico City, the market has
>3.3 % loss due to deterioration of the produce.
>To Manfred and co-authors:
>do you have any suggestions to retailers on how to reduce deterioration of
>their goods ?

Yes we do. Our ideas are presented in the section of our paper entitled
"Facing the management challenge".
They are:
1. Tight control over cost structures.
2. Control and planning of purchasing schedules.
3. Good practices of manipulating the produce in the stores.
4. Measurement of losses by actually weighing them.
5. Performance of material balances between purchases and sales.
6. Good documentation of throughput.
7. Training of employees.

Best regards,
Manfred