As owner of a retail franchise food store, Mary Grey purchases supplies based on specials advertised nationally throughout the franchise system. One Monday, she was surprised to find customers asking for specials she hadn't been informed of in advance. The franchise company failed to live up to the value-driven principle of: a. sharing information across the organization.
b. balancing customers' benefits and costs.
c. evaluating strategic competitive partnerships.
d. building relationships with customers.
e. keeping prices below those charged by competitors.

a. sharing information across the organization

Explanation:

A franchise is an organisation that is authorised to use the brand of another to conduct business. The parent company provides support such as information about the brand and their business activity, and training to the franchise.

In the given scenario Mary Grey was surprised to find customers asking for specials she hadn't been informed of in advance.

This is a failure in the function of sharing information across the organisation.

Ideally information.on products and various campaigns should be first communicated to the franchises before they get to the customer

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