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Evaluating Grocery Stores Using Efficiency Ratios companies sell roughly the same mix of products and face about the same inventory costs.
\table[[Fiscal 2018,Publix,Kroger,Village Super Market],[Gross profit margin %,32.6%,23.9%,29.9%],[Number of stores at year-end,1,332,3,040,33],[Sales ($ per square foot),$703,$745,$1,282],[Sales per store ($ millions),$33,$48,$59],[Average store size (thousand square feet),47,65,46],[COGS (per square foot),$495,$583,$933],[Days inventory outstanding,29.2,28.3,13.9]]
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a. On average, which company has the freshest food
b. Which company is least efficient with its space?
c. Which company has the lowest prices?
d. Which company is busiest:
e. Which company has the smallest stores?
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