Primitive
Legend:
Grocery Store Inventory is a stock that
represents the amount of perishable food units available for sale to consumers.
This stock is directly affected by the forces of economics as grocers can only
sell at the level that their produce is demanded. As a result, once this stock exceeds
demand, it will rise as food no longer sold.
Overstock Waste is a stock that is
designed to model the overstock display assumption which states that consumers
have more incentive to purchase foods from fully stocked piles rather than
empty ones. This stock exists and accumulates over time because grocers
purchase excess produce to give buyers incentive.
Ugly Food Stock is the stock that
represent the amount of perfectly nutritious ugly produce neglected by
consumers as they only buy the prettiest clusters from the display. This stock
includes foods such as brown bananas, dented apples, and so forth. These ugly
foods are left behind in addition to the overstock waste.
Education Programs is the stock that contains
the amount of ugly foods delivered to local school districts for educating
students on the significance of ugly food discrimination. These foods are
utilized in various forms of comparative demonstrations to illustrate to
students that ugly foods are just as nutritious as prettier alternatives.
Compost Alternatives is the stock that
depicts the efforts of grocery stores trying to implement a method that allows
them to reduce the amount of waste they send to the landfill. These compost
methods may be in the form on enriched manure given back to the farmers that
supply the produce.
10 Food Units/Resale Output is the variable that
illustrates the amount of food units required to make a product for resale. For
example, it takes 10 units of melons to make an assorted melon platter.
Likewise, a single smoothie for resale will require 5 units of assorted fruits.
