The economic and social role of small stores: a review of UK evidence

Clarke, Ian; Banga, Sunil

doi:10.1080/09593961003701783

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“…by Clarke and Banga (19) . This generally leads to greater price competition with lower prices, wider choices and better quality across retail outlets (6,9) .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Differences in expenditure and amounts of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, and fish purchased in urban and rural Scotland

Roos¹,

Binacchi²,

Whybrow³

et al. 2016

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To quantitatively analyse expenditure on all fresh foods, fruits and vegetables (F&V) and fish across urban and rural households in Scotland. Fresh foods were chosen since, in general, they are perceived to contribute more to health than processed foods. Design: Descriptive analysis of purchase data of all foods brought into the home during 2012 from the Kantar Worldpanel database. Purchase data were restricted to fresh, unprocessed and raw foods or 'fresh to frozen' foods where freezing was part of harvesting. Total household purchases were adjusted for household size and composition. Setting: Scotland. Subjects: Households (n 2576). Results: Rural households reported the highest expenditure per person on fresh foods and F&V, but also bought the most (kilograms) of these items. There were linear trends of average prices paid with urban-rural location (P < 0·001), with average prices paid by large urban and remote rural households being £2·14/kg and £2·04/kg for fresh foods, £1·64/kg and £1·60/kg for F&V and £10·07/kg and £10·20/kg for fish, respectively, although differences were quantitatively small. Conclusions: Contrary to previous studies, purchase data show that access to and average prices of fresh foods generally, and F&V and fish specifically, are broadly similar between urban and rural areas. Therefore, the higher expenditure on these foods in rural v. urban areas is probably due to factors other than pricing and availability.

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“…by Clarke and Banga (19) . This generally leads to greater price competition with lower prices, wider choices and better quality across retail outlets (6,9) .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Differences in expenditure and amounts of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, and fish purchased in urban and rural Scotland

Roos¹,

Binacchi²,

Whybrow³

et al. 2016

Public Health Nutr.

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“…It is for this reason that the public has become more interested in the plight of the small or independent shop in recent years (Clarke and Banga, 2010). What was once seen as primarily a problem for remote, rural communities is now seen to be affecting prosperous and otherwise successful villages close to urban areas and even local neighbourhoods within larger urban areas.…”

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confidence: 99%

The trading profiles of community retail enterprises

Calderwood

Davies

2012

International Journal of Retail &Amp; Distribution Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key features of the Community Retail Enterprises sector in the UK Design/ methodology -This paper reports on the results of a postal questionnaire survey of 197 Community Retail Enterprises. The information gathered from this survey was supplemented by visits to 21 of the shops run by these Enterprises and short interviews with some of the shop staff.Findings -The Community Retail Enterprise sector is growing very quickly with a significant number of new shops opening every year in the UK. It is a very diverse sector which provides a wide range of goods and services reflecting the desire to meet the needs of members and local residents. It is heavily dependent on the involvement of the local community, particularly as volunteers, but this can lead to other tensions around the role of the shop and the enterprise in general.Originality/ value -This paper provides an overview of an area of retailing which is growing in size and will be of interest to those involved in policy-making in rural areas.

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“…The fi rst question addresses the benefi ts of village shops. The local availability of goods is not only considered in terms of material supply, but increasingly also in terms of the social meaning of local stores as a meeting place, a source of identifi cation and a crystallisation point for civic involvement (Clarke and Banga, 2010). The economic benefi ts for related sectors such as tourism or local food producers are not addressed in this paper.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Local suppliers, and here in particular food stores, are increasingly withdrawing from villages and small towns in rural areas of many countries (Vias, 2004;Meixner et al, 2007;Adamowitz et al, 2009;Clarke and Banga, 2010;Brändle et al, 2011;FTGA, 2011;Wood, 2011). On the demand side, over a long period consumers have spent less and less of their purchasing power on location, since mobility has increased and the demands of the consumers with regard to price, selection and combination possibilities have increased.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%