Pizza at Home is a frozen pizza company that supplies several large grocery store chains. The managers of Pizza at Home are currently negotiating a four year contract with Saucy Pizza, a manufacturer of pizza sauce. Saucy Pizza will supply a specified quantity of canned tomato sauce to Pizza at Home over a four year period; however; Pizza at Home can ends its contract with Saucy Pizza at the end
of the first, second, or third years if Saucy Pizza does not supply quality tomato sauce. What can the manager of Pizza at Home do to avoid the end-game problem?
A) Pay Saucy Pizza in full at the end of the third year.
B) Offer to renew the contract with Saucy Pizza if they provide quality tomato sauce in all four years.
C) Pay Saucy Pizza in equal installments at the end of each of the four years.
D) Pay Saucy Pizza in installments at the end of the first, second, and third years.
B) Offer to renew the contract with Saucy Pizza if they provide quality tomato sauce in all four years.
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