You have a client who operates a large retail self-service grocery store that h

You have a client who operates a large retail self-service grocery store that has a full range of

departments. Management has encountered difficulty in using accounting data as a basis for

making decisions concerning possible changes in departments operated products marketing

methods and so forth. List several overhead costs or costs not applicable to a particular

department and explain how the existence of such costs (sometimes called common costs orjoint costs) complicates and limits the use of accounting data in
making decisions in such a store.