Jake's company produces bags of whole bean and ground coffee in a variety of roasts and sells them in bulk to retail stores. The retail stores then sell the coffee to consumers in smaller amounts. Jake's company buys the coffee beans from a distributor in South America that purchased the beans from local farmers. The farmers, distributor, Jake's company, and the retail stores are all part of a ______.
a) Supply chain
b) Distribution network
c) Market ecosystem
d) Production cycle