Yakima Valley Produce, Inc. buys artichokes from many small farmers, assembles them into larger quantities, and ships in carload quantities to a central market where they are sold to large food processors. This "regrouping activity" is called:
A) bulk-breaking.
B) assorting.
C) sorting.
D) wholesaling.
E) accumulating.

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Accumulating refers to the process of gathering products from various producers to create larger, more manageable quantities for further distribution or sale, which is what Yakima Valley Produce, Inc. is doing by buying artichokes from many small farmers and assembling them into larger quantities.