Street markets versus supermarkets

1. [Multiple choice]

Local markets sell many products twice as dear as big supermarkets do.

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

2. [Multiple choice]

Big supermarkets sometimes price their groceries so low that they actually make a loss on them.

(This is called creating a loss-leader or loss leaders – and usually encourages shoppers to buy more other products in their excitement at getting a ‘bargain’.)

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

3. [Multiple choice]

Small retailers can compete, and so avoid going out of business.

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

Large supermarket chains operate to the detriment of small businesses.

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

5. [Multiple choice]

Large supermarkets generate twice the number of jobs that small markets do.

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

6. [Multiple choice]

Town-planners have often sided with big businesses rather than with small and medium enterprises.

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

7. [Multiple choice]

Careful decisions made by city planners have resulted in richer local communities.

(Apparently their backing of big businesses has often done the reverse.)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

8. [Multiple choice]

British consumers prefer to do some of their shopping in small independent businesses.

(They consider that the big four supermarkets risk turning the UK into a country of clone-towns – ie into towns that all look the same instead of different and interesting.)

Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

9. [Multiple choice]

British shoppers would rather buy food which has travelled long distances than locally sourced food.

(This passage suggests otherwise, and it is certainly true for a lot of consumers. (It is also certain many consumers are indifferent to the taste or ethics involved.))

Answers for Quiz [9].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

10. [Multiple choice]

It would be a backward move to protect more small markets than at present.

(It would be a good forward move (or a good move forwards).)

Answers for Quiz [10].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

11. [Multiple choice]

Many UK consumers consider supermarket chains are simply being bullied by ‘do-gooders’.

(They want new laws brought in to curb (=limit) the power of the big chains.)

Answers for Quiz [11].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

12. [Multiple choice]

One way of easing traffic congestion is to locate large supermarkets outside town and city centres.

(Campaigners are concerned at the proliferation of huge out-of-town supermarkets.)

Answers for Quiz [12].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)