Supermarkets and global supply chains
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand that most of the supermarkets in the UK are global companies and describe how they get their food from global supply chains.
Key learning points
- Supermarkets have become the main way people shop for food.
- Many supermarkets in the UK are global companies which means they operate in different countries around the world.
- Supermarkets sell many different goods and food items, all of which have their own complex supply chains.
Keywords
Global company - A global company operates in many different countries.
Supply chain - A supply chain is all of the stages involved in producing goods, transporting them and selling them to customers.
Raw material - Raw materials are things that can be grown or dug out of the ground and processed or used in the manufacture of goods.
Processing - Processing means making changes to a food’s natural state. An example is cooking beans in a tomato sauce and preserving them in tins.
Common misconception
The supply chain starts from where the product is processed.
The supply chain starts from the extraction of the raw materials.
Teacher tip
Use the internet to locate all the supermarkets in your local area.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are commodities?
Q2.What are manufactured goods?
Q3.What is global trade?
Q4.What are goods?
Q5.What is a global company?
Q6.What is a supermarket?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is wealth?
Q2.What is the global supply chain?
Q3.Which is not a definition of a global company?
Q4.Which of these is not a supermarket?
Q5.When did the first supermarket open in the UK?
Q6.What are food miles?
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