Objectives

• What factors influence the range of products and services available to us as consumers?

• How do consumers access your chosen services?

• What variation is there in the spatial social impact of this service?

Keywords

• Supermarket Chain• Independent Shops• Product• Consumer• Services• Superstore• Out of Town• Town Centres• Land Customers• Threshold Population• Access• Competition• Catchment• Sphere of Influence• Range of Good

Task

• Look at graph A.

• Describe the change since 1960 in the share of people shopping at:

• a independent shops and Co-ops

• b supermarket chains

• Give approximate percentage figures.

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Busier Lifestyle and

rising incomes

More working women

Wider ownership of

fridge freezers

Wider car ownership

Activity

• Look at photo B on previous slide. Write four sentences explaining how each of the four changes could have encouraged the growth of supermarkets.

Activity

• Look at the five shoppers on the following slides.• a Which person is most likely to say each of the

following:• ‘They’ve got wide aisles, but it’s hard to reach the

shelves.’• ‘It’s so much easier to get here than shopping in town.’• ‘They’ve got changing facilities that make my life easier.’• ‘I can never find the food I’m looking for in the

supermarket.’• ‘There’s only one bus every half hour and I can only

carry one bag.’• b On balance, do you think each person would

choose to shop at a supermarket, or not? Explain why.

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Acitivity

Compare the graph on the following slide with graph C (slide 4). Is it similar to the national pattern or not? How can you explain any differences?

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Activity

• Look at map A.

• a Where is a person in each of these villages likely to shop at a supermarket?

• Mundesley

• Walsingham

• Corpusty.

• b In each case, work out how far they would have to travel, using the scale.

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•2 Bakers

•2 Butchers

•2 Fishmongers

•2 General Food Stores

•2 Florists

•2 Bookshops

•3 Newsagents

•An ironmongers

•Banks

•Cafes

•Restaraunts

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Antique Shop

inStalham How might

her business

be affected

with a new store in Stalham

• Read interview with Candy Sheridan

• What have Tesco’s done to respond to the out of town problem?

• What sort of problems are there with town centres?

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Out of Town, Out of date?

Local V Global

How should Tesco reposnd to customers’ wants and Needs …..What are these

needs?

EnvironmentSustainability???

???Petrol Prices?

Internet Shopping/Delivery?

Petrol prices/oil prices affect the price of the food

itself?

• Do you think that the out of town shopping centres have a sustainable future ..?

• Do you think the supermarkets take advantage of the way we live today and the infrastructure we have? Would out of town supermarkets or even in town supermarkets been so successful 40 years ago?

• What does the future hold – what is your vision of the future?

• Env/sus issues V Economics