Safeway, Inc., operated 1,700 stores as of January 1, 2011. The following data were taken from the

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Safeway, Inc., operated 1,700 stores as of January 1, 2011. The following data were taken from the company€™s annual report. All dollar amounts are in millions.

Safeway, Inc., operated 1,700 stores as of January 1, 2011.

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a. Compute Safeway€™s inventory turnover ratio for 2010 and 2009.
b. Compute Safeway€™s average days to sell inventory for 2010 and 2009.
c. Based on your computations in Requirements a and b, did Safeway€™s inventory management get better or worse from 2009 to2010?

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Inventory Turnover RatioThe inventory turnover ratio is a ratio of cost of goods sold to its average inventory. It is measured in times with respect to the cost of goods sold in a year normally.    Inventory Turnover Ratio FormulaWhere,...
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Fundamental financial accounting concepts

ISBN: 978-0078025365

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Authors: Thomas P. Edmonds, Frances M. Mcnair, Philip R. Olds, Edward

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