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Giant Beanstalks is a company based in Maryland that processes and cans vegetables. It has contracts with several large farms in Riverdale, 80 miles away from the factory, that agree to sell their produce to Giant Beanstalks. The company's products are available to the public only through Greenleaf, a grocery chain with 38 stores in the country.
-Which of the following is Giant Beanstalks' upstream partner?
A) the management of Greenleaf
B) the farmers of Riverdale
C) the trucks that carry Giant Beanstalks' products to Greenleaf
D) the end-consumers who buy the canned vegetables from Greenleaf
E) the logistics division of Giant Beanstalk

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The upstream partners are those who provide raw materials or products that are needed for the production of the final product. In this case, the farmers of Riverdale are the upstream partners as they provide the produce that Giant Beanstalks processes and cans.

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