Kudler Fine Foods is a store unlike any other in the food industry. Kudler Fine Foods represents a store that could spark a new era in the world of grocery. Kudler Fine Foods owner Kathy Kudler has seen her dream of owning and operating a grocery store specializing in high-quality foods grow in a short period of time. The success of Kudler Fine Foods can be attributed to its innovative ideas, effective leadership and organizational structure. Kudler Fine Food's overall mission is to provide our customers with the finest select food products, wines and related needs in an unprecedented consumer environment. Our selections, along with our experienced, helpful and knowledgeable staff, come together to offer every customer a delightful and enjoyable shopping experience" (Apollo Group, 2003). Kudler has managed to maintain its mission by providing the best to its customers and to as a result the company has flourished. "Kathy believes that one of her primary responsibilities is to identify new gourmet items that can be offered in her stores (Apollo Group, 2003)." with local organic growers to get the best quality products for her consumers and take her business to the next step. If Kathy decides to contract with local growers, changes may be introduced in the overall structural organization of the business. company. Every aspect of Kudler Fine Food's organizational structure, from the basic business process to the supply chain and quality control process, will be affected by forming a contractual relationship with local organic growers. Operations Business Process/Structure Each department at the Kudler Fine Food's internal organization implements certain business processes with which they carry out their daily business functions. Therefore, some departments within Kudler may experience some changes in processes if a contractual relationship with local growers were to occur. One area that could receive a greater change in business processes would be the legal area. “Kudler uses very few custom forms, preferring instead to use forms (contracts, order forms, etc.) that are provided by the parties the company deals with. For example, store leases were contracts provided by lessors. The few custom modules used by the company were obtained from "off-the-shelf" computer programs and slightly modified by Kathy or her assistants" (Apollo Group, 2003). As Kathy Kudler is the primary legal decision maker, along with the advice of her sister-in-law and attorney Anne Shousha.