Daily deliveries, monthly settlement, no delivery record

Restaurant supply is high frequency and low ceremony. An order is placed by phone, delivered early, and noted on a slip.

Thirty slips against one memory

At settlement, the kitchen queries three deliveries. The supplier's evidence is a duplicate book, if it was kept, and the argument is about a Tuesday six weeks ago.

Rates move daily and bills do not

Produce rates change constantly. Where the rate for each delivery is not recorded with it, the monthly bill uses an average nobody agreed, which is the single most common cause of dispute in this trade.