Some disadvantages are that on a short term basis it can be more expensive, it takes a lot of discipline and work and its not convenient (especially at colleges) My perspective on this diet is that its a little bit too extreme. I really like the idea of a “simple living” lifestyle. I think there’s something very Christian about being less complicated with what we eat. But I also think that the Paleo diet is over the top. We should definately lower the amount of pre package and artificial food that we eat and we should also limit our carb intake, especially since most of our carbs come from gmo and preservative filled foods.
Costco is providing items in bulk and at low prices; consumers gravitate toward discounting hoping to get the most out of their money. Sam’s is decreasing product costs by buying from low cost labor countries like China and Mexico. BJ’s is focusing on retail shoppers offering more grocery items and smaller quantities of packaged goods. Does one rival have a better strategy than the others? I think Costco has the best strategy due to the cost efficient distribution through the use of the cross dock distribution.
Threats: variation in raw material prices, raise labor costs, raise in substitutes, change in customer tastes, lower market growth and strong pricing pressure from competitors. Porter five forces: Supplier Power: More supplier are there in this industry, so less supplier power. Campbell can get raw material at low cost from suppliers. Buyer Power: Campbell is a big company, they buy large amount of raw material from buyers so buyer power is strong. They can bargain for low cost.
Rationing the supply of health care services Plan: Upsides of not paying for the NHS | Upsides of paying for the NHS | Assessable for everyone | Low demand | Equal quality | Lower cost for government | Guaranteed treatment | Lower waiting list | Some treatments are too expensive | The NHS is ‘free at the point of use for consumers’ so health care is available to everyone and not just those who can afford it. This is good for the economy as it prevents poorer people from not being able to work as they can get the health care. It also allows people to have a better variety of health care than they would usually be able to afford such as children having free dental care. It also means more immediate health care as doctors don’t need to check for a certain type of insurance before treating a patient. The problem with everyone being able to use the NHS means that it is in high demand.
Wheelan continues to say although it seems inhumane to have employees in sweatshops working for meager wages, it gives people jobs who otherwise may have no job at all. Also, lower prices are the equivalent of higher incomes. Wheelan also mentions that world trade opens the doors of domestic business to other countries which increases investment and business. Trade is one beautiful process. In conclusion, Wheelan strongly asserts the point that the economy is always changing, and factors like GDP and inflation will never stay the same.
IKEA does this buy distracting its customers by making their products colourful, stylish, and cheaper than other competitors’ products. In addition, Old Navy pulls in its customer just as IKEA. Old Navy draws its customers by putting colourful clothing outside its stores. “American businesses have co-opted cool anti-corporate culture and used it to seduce the masses (Cave & Klein, 2000). They lower their prices and make their products alternative to competitors that are more expensive.
In regards to competing with external companies, it is not the most expensive brand in the market. Ideally this would help it sell more; however, the pricing strategies of private labels that sell for much less have taken up 25% market share. Scope should act quickly to prevent further loss of market share to these companies. Listerine, whose mouthwash is more expensive, has managed to reach many customers by providing different coupons and promotions for their product. This suggests that Scope lacks a strong promotional strategy since its market share continues to diminish while Listerine’s grows.
This suggestion is supported by the fact that 36.53% of our trash is the brand Great Value meaning that our household consistently purchases the cheapest brands. Further evidence shows that we consistently buy packaged products (a whopping 62.65% was packaging!) and this is probably because packaged food is easier and quicker to make. Some more factors that place our household among the "average consumer with a limited budget" is that 80.72% of our trash was non-perishable meaning that we regularly purchased items of food that would last longer (i.e. we used more whole wheat pasta instead of bananas and other fresh fruits).
It was a bumpy road of trade because at one time trade will be high then low ten high. What always stayed the same was the traders and what was being traded. Luxury items such as silk spices, gold silver, porcelain, jade and more were the only product that were being traded. There were more alternative ways of trade developed which seem better than trade on the Silk Road. Maritime trade, Indian Ocean trade was an easier, cheaper and best way to trade because a lot more different goods can be traded.
My opinion is that there are other reasons for high consumption of prepared food or takeaway meals in our society, not just the time factor. Fast food is also cheap, tasty, and according to study in 2003, as addictive as heroin due to its sugar and fat content. Some people simply can’t stop eating it because their bodies crave the taste. Rachel also tries to find correlations between our free time or the time remaining to us after contracted (employment and education), necessary (sleeping and eating) and committed duties (domestic work, shopping and childcare). She clearly distinguishes