01- 015 C.M.R. ch. 13, § III

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 015-13-III - Obligations of Stores

Stores selected for inclusion in a retail cost study shall:

A. Complete all questionnaires requesting information as to the purchases, sales, costs, finances and operations of the store;

B. Make available to the Commission, its employees and consultants any personnel activity logs and any time-and-motion studies conducted by or for the store relating to regulated milk;

C. Cooperate in the compilation of any personnel activity logs, or the performance of any time-and-motion studies that the Commission, its employees or consultants choose to conduct at the store (at the Commission's expense);

D. Conduct or compile any analysis or tabulation requested by the questionnaire or by the Commission, its employees and consultants relating to the number of controlled milk items sold compared to the number of all other items sold during a designated period;

E. Permit the Commission, its employees and consultants to conduct such physical measurements of dairy cases, cold storage areas and other store facilities as may be necessary for purposes of the study;

F. Make specific store employees (e.g., store manager, dairy department manager, accountant, controller) available to the Commission, its employees and consultants for the purpose of discussing store operations and reviewing the information requested on the questionnaire;

G. Cooperate with the Commission, its employees and consultants in discussing the sources, methods and judgmental basis for compiling the information reported on the questionnaire;

H. Permit the Commission, its employees and consultants to verify the accuracy of the information reported on the questionnaire, and provide such person(s) all necessary assistance in locating, compiling, interpreting and working with the books, records, accounts and other information necessary to verify the accuracy of the information reported on the questionnaire;

I. Provide such additional or follow-up information as may be requested by the Commission, its employees and consultants;

01- 015 C.M.R. ch. 13, § III