A supermarket wants to change its supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables. The purchasing department has prepared a report. Order the report. Write a-j after the sentences. 21…
A supermarket wants to change its supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables. The purchasing department has prepared a report. Order the report. Write a-j after the sentences. 21 First, we did some research to find the cheapest suppliers in the market. 22 23 24 Why did we need to change supplier? We found that it was excellent. The purpose of our research was to find a new supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables to all our stores. 25 We spoke to about twenty different companies, and found that Greenpark were 5-10% cheaper than anyone else. 26 We asked them to send us some information, and invited them to a meeting. 27 Finally, we contacted Greenpark, who seemed friendly and well-organized. 28 Because our previous one was expensive, and sometimes didn't deliver the goods on time. 29 Then we asked some of our sister companies how good the reliability of Greenpark was. 30 We wanted to find a supplier that was cheap and reliable.
To order the report based on the given sentences, we can arrange them in the logical sequence of events as follows:
- First, we did some research to find the cheapest suppliers in the market. (a)
- The purpose of our research was to find a new supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables to all our stores. (c)
- We spoke to about twenty different companies, and found that Greenpark were 5-10% cheaper than anyone else. (e)
- We asked them to send us some information, and invited them to a meeting. (f)
- Finally, we contacted Greenpark, who seemed friendly and well-organized. (g)
- We found that it was excellent. (b)
- Because our previous one was expensive, and sometimes didn't deliver the goods on time. (h)
- Then we asked some of our sister companies how good the reliability of Greenpark was. (i)
- We wanted to find a supplier that was cheap and reliable. (j)
This order provides a clear progression of the steps taken by the purchasing department in changing the supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables, from initial research to contacting and evaluating Greenpark as the potential new supplier.
