Questions:
(Activity analysis; research) Go to a local department or grocery store.
a. List five packaged items for which it is readily apparent that packaging is essential and, therefore, would be considered value-added.
b. List five packaged items for which it is readily apparent that packaging is nonessential and therefore adds no value.
c. For each item listed in (b), indicate why you think the item was packaged rather than left unpackaged.