Retailers often use the retail inventory method to value inventory. In most retail businesses, you can see a clear pattern between the cost of products and their retail price. This enables retailers to convert retail prices to cost for inventory valuation purposes. To calculate the final cost of the inventory using this method, calculate the cost-to-retail ratio for a specific year and multiply the ending inventory retail value by this ratio. Significance Retail businesses can use the projected retail cost to value the inventory.
Defining meal support/supervision. Meal support is a form of emotional support provided. to a person struggling with an eating disorder before, during and after meals and snacks in an effort to. increase the struggling personâs success with. meal/snack completion. (Leichner 2005)
Dietary aides may be among the first to notice changes in a patient's eating habits, such as increased or decreased appetite or changes in food preferences. Dietary aides may work days, afternoons or nights, depending on the facility's needs. Dietary aides generally have minimal contact with residents. However, that contact is usually pleasant as patients tend to look forward to meal times and associate dietary aides with meals.