While the savings are significant, it's important to remember that the cooperative operates as a collective. Introducing an automated grading system would boost profits for RP1 but could mean a financial loss for the cooperative overall, as funds that would have gone to farmers are instead allocated to the salary of the new employee. Maintaining the current system is also not viable as it leads to an unfair distribution of premiums to farmers with lower-quality crops. A potential solution could be to tighten the manual grading process and expand the range of color cards to ensure more accurate berry classification. Introducing an intermediate category between grades 2A and 3 with a smaller premium than grade 3 could be considered. However, this approach may have other consequences, such as increased processing costs and potential dissatisfaction among the farmers