Each respondent was asked to indicate if the company had used any QP&S methods to set a long-term quality goal in their organization. Figs. 14-16 illustrate the QP&S methods in European food SMEs. A total of 75% of the respondents answered that the companies they worked with had used at least one of the methodologies. 65% of companies in the sample used SA. Only two medium-sized companies (one in meat, and one in packaged fruits and vegetable) initiated TQM.