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Make it cheaper and cheaper.

How technology pushes down price.

a

Prices have fallen in the food business because of advances in food production and distribution technology. Consumers have benefited greatly from those advances. People who predicted that the world would run out of food were wrong. We are producing more and more food with less and less capital. Food is therefore more plentiful and cheaper that it has ever been. Spending on food compared with other goods has fallen for many years, and continues to drop.

b.

Supermarkets have helped push down prices mainly because of their scale. Like any big business, they can invest in IT systems that make them efficient. And their size allows them to buy in bulk. As supermarkets get bigger, the prices get lower.

c.

Huge retail companies such as Wal-Mart have tremendous power and they can put pressure on producers to cut their margins. As a result, some producers have had to make cuts. In recent years, Unilever has cut its workforce by 33,000 to 245,000 and dropped lots of its minor brands as part of its «path to growth» strategy. Cadbury has shut nearly 20 per cent of its 133 factories and cut 10 per cent of its 55,000 global workforce. These cuts help keep costs down, and the price of food stays low.

d.

Does cheap food make people unhealthy? Cheap food may encourage people to eat more. Food companies certainly think that giving people more food for their money makes them buy more. Giving people bigger portions is an easy way of making them feel they have got a better deal. That is why portions have got larger and larger. In America, soft drinks came in 8oz (225g) cans in the past, then 12oz (350g), and now come in 20oz (550g) cans. If a company can sell you an 8oz portion for $7, they can sell you a 12oz portion for $8. The only extra cost to the company is the food, which probably costs 25 cents.

Now companies are under pressure to stop selling bigger portions for less money. But it is hard to change the trend.

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Ṣe awọn ti o din owo ati ki o din owo. Bawo ni ọna ti ti i mọlẹ owo. a Owo ti lọ silẹ ninu ounje owo nitori ti mura lati ni ounje isejade ati pinpin Bluetooth. Awọn onibara ti jeô anfaani gidigidi lati awon mura lati. Awon eniyan ti o ti anro wipe aye yoo sare jade ti ounje wà ti ko tọ. A ti wa ni producing siwaju ati siwaju sii onjẹ pẹlu kere si ati ki o kere olu. Ounje jẹ Nitorina diẹ plentiful ki o si din owo wipe o ti lailai ti. Inawo lori ounje akawe pẹlu miiran de ti lọ silẹ fun opolopo odun, ati ki o tẹsiwaju lati ju silẹ. b. Supermarkets ti se iranwo Titari si isalẹ owo kun nitori ti won asekale. Bi eyikeyi ńlá owo, won le nawo ni IT awọn ọna šiše ti o ṣe wọn daradara. Ati awọn won iwọn laaye wọn lati ra ni olopobobo. Bi supermarkets gba tobi, awọn iye owo gba isalẹ. c. tobi soobu ilé iru bi Wal-Mart ni awqn agbara ati ti won le fi titẹ lori ti onse lati ge wọn ala. Bi awọn kan abajade, diẹ ninu awọn ti onse ti ní lati ṣe gige. Ni to šẹšẹ years, Unilever ti o si ge si awọn oniwe-apapọ nọmba oṣiṣẹ nipa 33.000 si 245.000 ati ki o lọ silẹ ọpọlọpọ ti awọn oniwe-kekere burandi bi ara ti awọn oniwe-«ona si idagbasoke» nwon.Mirza. Cadbury ti ku fere 20 ogorun ti awọn oniwe-133 factories ati ki o ge 10 ogorun ti awọn oniwe-55.000 agbaye apapọ nọmba oṣiṣẹ. Awọn wọnyi gige ran pa owo mọlẹ, ati awọn owo ti ounje duro kekere. d. Ṣe poku ounje ṣe àwọn èèyàn nfi? Poku ounje le se iwuri fun awon eniyan lati je diẹ ẹ sii. Food ilé esan ro wipe fifun awon eniyan diẹ onjẹ fun wọn owo mu wọn ra diẹ ẹ sii. Fifun eniyan tobi ipin jẹ ẹya rorun ona ti ṣiṣe wọn lero ti wọn ti ni a dara ti yio se. Ti o ni idi ti ipin ti o tobi ni ati ki o tobi. Ni America, asọ ti ohun mimu wá ni 8oz (225g) agolo ninu awọn ti o ti kọja, ki o si 12oz (350g), ki o si bayi wá ni 20oz (550g) agolo. Ti o ba ti a ile le ta ọ ohun 8oz ìka fun $ 7, won le ta ọ a 12oz ìka fun $ 8. Awọn nikan afikun iye owo si awọn ile-ni ounje, eyi ti jasi-owo 25 senti. Bayi ilé ni o wa labẹ titẹ lati da ta tobi ipin fun kere si owo. Sugbon o jẹ gidigidi lati yi awọn aṣa.