Mercia Chocolates produces gourmet chocolate products with no preservatives Arw stores) Vem's orders 63,(000 packages and Mega Stores orders 25,000 packages annually The gourmet chocolate Any production must be sold within a few days, so producing for invensory is not an option Mercia's single plant nas the Variable manufacturing costs are $30 per package, and annual foed costs are $573,000 business has two seasons, holidays and non-holidays. The holisay season lasts exactly tour months and the non holiday season lasts eight months Vern's orders the same amount each month, so Vern's orders 21,000 packages dunng the hoidays and 42,000 packages in the non holiday season Mega Stores only camies Mercky's chocolites duing the holdays Required Non package per package