Food Distribution Cost Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has food distribution centersin Monroe, Geor...

Food Distribution Cost Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has food distribution centers

in Monroe, Georgia, and Shelbyville, Tennessee, and Wal-Mart Supercenters in Birmingham, Alabama, and Scottsboro, Alabama. (Source: www.walmart.com.) Suppose that the Monroe distribution center must ship at least 600 cases of peanut butter weekly and the Shelbyville distribution center must ship at least 400 cases of peanut butter weekly.If the Birmingham store requires at least 700 cases of peanut butter weekly and the Scottsboro store requires at least 300 cases of peanut butter weekly, what shipment plan will minimize the distribution cost?

Estimated Distribution Cost per Case

Food Distribution Cost Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has food distribution centers

in Monroe, Georgia, and Shelbyville, Tennessee, and Wal-Mart Supercenters in Birmingham, Alabama, and Calhoun, Georgia. (Source: www.walmart.com.) Suppose that the Monroe distribution center must ship at least 600 cases of pickles weekly and the Shelbyville distribution center must ship at least 700 cases of pickles weekly.* If the Birmingham store requires at least 1000 cases of pickles weekly and the Calhoun store requires at least 300 cases of pickles weekly, what shipment plan will minimize the distribution cost?

Estimated Distribution Cost per Case