首页
财务会计
医药卫生
金融经济
考公考编
外语考试
学历提升
职称考试
建筑工程
IT考试
其他
登录
职称考试
How Technology Pushes Down Price 1 Prices have fallen in the food business b...
How Technology Pushes Down Price 1 Prices have fallen in the food business b...
admin
2020-12-24
11
问题
How Technology Pushes Down Price
1 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 than it has ever been. Spending on food compared with other goods has fallen for many years,and continues to drop.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 Now companies are under pressure to stop selling bigger portions for less money. But it is hard to change the trend.
Paragraph 3
选项
A. Bigger supermarkets offer lower prices
B. Chain stores provide better services
C. Technology helps reduce food prices
D. Huge retailers force producers to cut costs
E. Consumers like supermarkets
F. Food comes cheaper in larger portions
答案
D
解析
本段主要讲的是大的零售商如Wal-Mart通过向Unilever和Cadbury这样的生产商施加压力,迫使其降低利润空间以达到降低食品价格的目的,故"Huge retailers force producers to cut costs”是本段的标题。
转载请注明原文地址:https://ti.zuoweng.com/ti/FcdQKKKQ
相关试题推荐
HowtoBeaSuccessfulBusinessperson Haveyoueverwonderedwhysomepeopl...
HowtoBeaSuccessfulBusinessperson Haveyoueverwonderedwhysomepeopl...
Hislong-termgoalistosetuphisownbusiness.AideaBenergyCaimDorder
GrossNationalHappiness Inthelastcentury,newtechnologyimprovedthel...
GrossNationalHappiness Inthelastcentury,newtechnologyimprovedthel...
HowTechnologyPushesDownPrice 1Priceshavefalleninthefoodbusinessb...
HowTechnologyPushesDownPrice 1Priceshavefalleninthefoodbusinessb...
HowTechnologyPushesDownPrice 1Priceshavefalleninthefoodbusinessb...
HowTechnologyPushesDownPrice 1Priceshavefalleninthefoodbusinessb...
GrossNationalHappiness Inthelastcentury,newtechnologyimprovedthel...
随机试题
绩效考评管理机构对考评结果的管理主要包括() A、开展绩效反馈面谈 B、
(136-139题共用题干) 男性,58岁。尿频,进行性排尿困难伴夜尿增多3年
在市场风险计量与监测的过程中,更具有实质意义的是名义价值。()
以下属于大型工程的是( )。
一个完整的电信网由()组成。
《建设项目环境风险评价技术导则》中,环境风险分为()3种类型。
教师备课的重要环节是()A.确定教学重难点B.确定教学目标C.设计教案D.编写教学过程
整个木星的表面完全是液态氢,金星则几乎被恒温的灼热大气所包围。火星有一层稀薄的大气,而且自转一周的时间也和地球相近,约为24小时。但是地球有海洋,火星却没...
共用题干 男,41岁。因胃溃疡行胃部分切除术后半年,自觉饭后出现上腹饱胀不适,腹胀等消化不良现象,伴呕血1次,量少。体检上腹轻压痛,经诊断为“急性胃炎”。以下
在定性研究方法中,()的观察者进入被观察场境,被视为自己人,从内部进行感受。A:非参与观察B:非结构式观察C:参与观察D:结构式观察