She would have paid it had the company's purchasing manager not pointed out the amount.

"The best window of opportunity would be after the purchasing managers' report and before the employment data."

It was one of the few increases reported by the purchasing managers.

The group is best known for its survey of industrial purchasing managers.

The purchasing managers also reported that prices increased in April.

The bride's father retired from the company as a purchasing manager.

Eleven items were said by the purchasing managers to be higher in price.

One is the August survey of 250 corporate purchasing managers.

The weakness in the purchasing managers' report was the surprise.

He joined at the end of August, leaving a job as a purchasing manager in an art supplies store.