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Srini Nair owns and operates a grocery store in Fort McMurray. He has a number of employees including Ragini Sharma, who is his assistant manager. Ragini has very limited authority to act on Srini's behalf. One day while Srini is out of town, a distributor of produce offers Ragini a great deal on fiddleheads, a delicacy from New Brunswick. Due to the perishable nature of fiddleheads, the deal is only available for one day. As Srini's grocery store caters to many transplanted New Brunswickers, Ragini places an order. When Srini returns the next day and the fiddleheads arrive, he rejects them on the basis that he has never heard of anyone ever eating fiddleheads. Is Srini bound to accept and pay for the fiddleheads? How should businesses like Srini's deal with the risk of employees exceeding their authority to act on behalf of the business?