Popchips When you think of potato chips, what comes to mind? Some people would most likely say “Lays”. Think about it, you’re out there in public eating these chips and when you’re done you usually have to wipe your greasy hands all over your favorite pairs of jeans. Now there is the baked alternative of Lays Chips, however let’s be honest, they have hardly any flavor and like the co-founder of Popchips Keith Belling eloquently stated, “If it doesn’t taste good it isn’t a snack.” With the growing health concerns that are present in our world today, many consumers have been searching for healthier options when it comes to food; Popchips is just that. Many people around the globe are becoming aware of the growing game changers in the snacking industry.
They also claim to benefit local communities by encouraging retail revatilisation in previously run down areas thus creating new jobs. However in reality the market power of supermarkets, enables them to affect prices and dominate advertising, producing an environment in which independent shops and stores cannot compete and thrive. As a result 2000 independent local grocers are closing each year, conversely the big four supermarkets have doubled their number of stores (Federation of Small Businesses, cited in Allen, 2009, p.74) Hence by dominating food sales, supermarkets take away consumer choice to shop in traditional establishments such as greengrocers and butchers. Journalist Joanna Blythman has highlighted Dundee in Scotland as representative of changes occurring in UK city centres (Blythman, cited in Allen, 2009, p.74). Her investigations show a fraction of local traditional grocers remain, however there are four Tescos, two Asdas, one Morrisons, one Sainsbury’s,
Placing profits above people isn’t socially responsible but is rather sociopathic and a microcosm of the larger problem that entails the current Capitalistic system that is used across the world. Company Q, is displaying a common capitalistic mind-frame that many companies engage in wherein they would rather focus on lost revenues than assisting the less fortunate. It’s troubling that the company wouldn’t donate day-old products to a food bank. The company does offer some organic foods, and this could be conceived as socially conscious if the food is obtained from traceable sources that are environmentally friendly growers. This social responsible act is overshadowed by the company’s decision to leave the inner city areas because of alleged loss of profits.
Supermarkets’ buying power creates a ‘zero-sum’ effect, where not everyone benefits. (Wrong, cited in Allen, 2009, p70) It has a large impact on poorer countries as workers are indirectly forced to work in poor conditions. The selling power of the big supermarkets has a large impact on smaller retailers and businesses which often have to close, leaving high streets and town centres
For Kudler Fine Foods to fall into this category means that they sell differentiating products from their competitors. They do this by offering their customers a wide variety of goods, an example would be that they offer over 250 kinds of cheese from 21 different countries, not all grocery stores offer that many kinds of cheese. One positive effect of being in a monopolistic competitive market structure is that there is no barrier for entry and that it is easy enter and leave the market at any time. One negative effect that monopolistic competitive markets face is that some differentiating does not create utility but usually generates waste (Economics Online). In a monopolistic competitive market profit is important.
My reasoning for this was its taking away business from local grocery stores, taking away work, and so on. And this can be true, Wal-mart can run other stores out of business due to the low prices. But when I think about it that store could be run out of business by any other store if they get into a price war, people most of the time will choose the cheaper place to shop at. So then when you look at it at the price aspect, Wal-mart can be seen as a good thing for America. Wal-mart claims to have low prices always, and in the economy that's what Americans need, we need cheap affordable products.
National business is a business which is located in the whole country. These types of business normally franchise this is means the governments allows the owner to sells their product or service. International business is a business which is located in more the one country. An example of this would be Tesco or McDonald’s because they’re both located in different countries such as America and England. Size and Scope of Business Small size and scope businesses are normally privately owned or sole traders this is because they have a small amount of employees which means they can’t afford to have more in a small shop.
A huge advantage that Trader Joe’s does is that they are a smaller store and limit the number of different products they carry. This makes Trader Joe’s able to sell their products at lower cost compared to their competitors. They also sell more because from the reading, it said that they sell more per square foot. A fall back on Trader Joe’s is their communication compared to other stores. I was reading an article on Food Babe, which brought up the question on if everything from Trader Joe’s is free of GMOs.
Madden 1 Harvey Madden Mrs. Crabtree English 101 Nov. 10th, 2012 Who’s to Blame? David Zinczenco, the editor-in-chief of Men’s Health Magazine wrote, “Don’t Blame the Eater.” In his reading he cites the irresponsible actions of fast food establishments, such as marketing to young kids, not providing nutritional facts completely, being responsible for obesity and poor health issues in many Americans today. This poses the question. Can they be held accountable? In all reality, maybe it is the lack of concern and the love of financial gain that these establishments thrive off of.
There are many advantages and disadvantages both ecological and economical to buying locally versus buying from larger companies that manufacture their food from around the country and sometimes across the world. Buying locally made foods will give the most nutritional value due to food being at the peak of growth and not sent around and the country or around the world. Buying locally also helps the farmers to be able to get fair prices on their produce. According to Terrie Schultz, 2010 "Industrial agriculture is a major source of water pollution. Runoff of chemical fertilizers, animal waste and pesticides contaminates lakes and streams.