Kellogg's, General Mills, and Post ship pallets of cereal to a food wholesaler's warehouse. The pallets are warehoused until the next day when an order from a grocery store is fulfilled. At this point, one-third of the cartons on each of the pallets are combined and loaded on a single pallet destined for the grocery store. The retailer will now have an assortment of cereals from different manufacturers, and the wholesaler will have completed the sorting function.

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The wholesaler has indeed completed the sorting function by combining different types of cereals from various manufacturers (Kellogg's, General Mills, and Post) into a single pallet for the grocery store, thereby providing an assortment of products. This process exemplifies the sorting function in distribution, where products from different sources are grouped together to meet the retailer's or consumer's needs.

Kellogg's, General Mills, and Post Ship Pallets of Cereal to a Food