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Late research shows companies who control the food industry make tens of billions of dollars which directly affects 1.5 million people. These corporations influence weight gain by marketing their products to be cheap and convenient while healthy food is not. Weintraub’s argument is parents are to blame for childhood obesity. I disagree for several reasons. To begin with, corporations price their food to be reasonably cheap, which I believe is not an accident. Low funds encourage buyers to…

Barbie. Just the word brings back memories from my childhood, but Barbie has been getting some negative press in the past few years. Lately, feminists have critiqued Barbie for her unrealistic body shape and even call her “hyper-sexualized.” According to a recent CNN article, “In October, Mattel reported that worldwide Barbie sales fell 4% in the third quarter of 2015. And the company's stock price was down nearly 43% from its 2013 peak.” In order to improve the loss of revenue and their…

Target Canada Company Target Canada company was a subsidiary of the famous target corporation based in the United States. The company came into existence in 2011, and its base was in Canada. Its functions were to control and run the operations of Target Corporation in Canada. It was a discount departmental store selling various products. I chose this company because it failed to control the market and win the hearts of the Canadian consumers despite its initial extensive expansion. The company's…

F.W. Woolworth that started his company as a five-cent store in the late 1800’s. Today, this is one of the leading and profitable retail stores in the nation. The company is known for being one of the largest footwear and sportswear retailers that ever existed. According to Funding Universe (2005) “Another reason for Woolworth's success was the decline in wholesale prices during the first 12 years of Woolworth's existence. This led to wider availability of goods in the five and ten-cent price…

In the Nielsen SPECTRA program, I analyzed Wegmans Food market store 97 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I discovered the major competitors of Wegmans are three different Giant Food stores (6336, 6123, and 6313), Sams Club (6536), and Weis Market (144). There is additional moderate competition from BJs Wholesale Club (21), Price Rite (425), Weis Market (186), Valley Farm Market, and Wegmans Food Market (94), but is not included in the reports. The average distance from Wegmans is 2.4 miles. Weis…

3.2.2.3 Industry Trends The Supermarkets and Grocery Stores industry develops the largest food retail outlet in the United States. Businesses in this industry sell general lines of food products, containing fresh and prepared meats, poultry, seafood, canned and frozen foods, fresh fruits and vegetables and many others (IBIS World, 2014). Over the next five years, demand for the Supermarkets and Grocery Stores industry must increase gradually, producing a stable course of revenue. As the economy…

Walmart Supermarket Audit Even though supermarkets are less than 100 years old, they have greatly expanded and are located all over the world today. The supermarket has come a long way since it first began in the early 1900s. To show just how popular and vast supermarkets are, the “total amount of profit Walmart makes every minute is $34,880” (Walmart Company Statistics). I chose Walmart to do my observation, because a shopper can purchase items such as pet food, clothes electronics, as well as…

I have shopped at Costco before. I believe that Costco has the same concept as Sams Club, Target, and Walmart and carries similar merchandise as these other big box retailers; however, Costco does win the cake for overall size and bulk of merchandise. Costco’s policies and strategies are much different than those of Sams Club, Target, Walmart, etc. The reason why I do shop at Costco and value Costco is their ability to provide quality products at the most cost-effective price point. They…

Living in the northern part of Maine there are only Sam’s Club/Walmart stores, and Target stores that are “close” to where I live. An hour or so drive to get to any of them so the trips are few and far between when I am at home. The closest Costco would be a four-hour drive. The first time I went to a Costco I was skeptical of what to expect because of all the times I had spent in Sam’s club and Walmart stores. It was different than what I was used to but so similar to the other stores. My…

Assignment 3 Gemma is a young software developer, she just graduated college and has just landed her dream job at a hospital. In her spare time Gemma is also a blogger, the blog that she posts on is mostly geared towards other IT people. Gemma created this blog as a senior project with a couple other students and it just took off from there. What started off as project for points quickly turned into an everyday routine. Gemma has met many new friends and acquaintances which ended up leading…