Shopping around

Shopping around

Lesson objectives

• To understand the different types of shopping and why people would shop in a certain place.

Poll

What do you think is the most popular type of shopping in the class?

• Corner store

• Online shopping

• Supermarket shopping

• Out of town shopping

• Big malls

Poll

Where do you go if you have to buy a packet of milk?

• Big mall

• Supermarket

• Corner shop

• Online

Where do we shop?

• We all shop to buy things to feed ourselves and live our lives.

• Shopping for some of us is a leisure activity.

• Shopping is a big business. It creates employment and generates a lot of income for the country.

• Smaller settlements have fewer shops and larger settlements have several shopping centres. Some are built out-of-town too.

• Where people choose to shop depends on what they want to buy and how often they need that product.

Different types of shopping

• Corner store- This would be used for buying the ‘odd’ item. eg: Bread, milk etc. 

• Supermarket- This would be used for buying larger quantities . You would buy a lot of different items at one time. 

• Out of town shopping- This would be a big shopping centre Eg: Brookfields, Coimbatore. This would often be a day out for people.

• Internet shopping- Internet shopping can go from buying an odd item like a book or cd to a big weekly shop. 

  
  

Multiple Choice

Where would Reba go if she has to buy bread? Why?

• Corner shop

• Super market

• Hyper market

• Internet

Multiple Select

Where would Nilza buy a pair of trainers? Why?

• Corner shop

• Super market

• Out-of-town Mall

• Internet

What is the difference between the type of goods - bread and trainers?

Convenience goods

**Some goods such as food and newspapers don't cost very much and may be needed every day. We are happy to buy them in the nearest convenient place.

**These are called convenience or low order goods.

**They may be bought at the local corner shop, near shopping centre or supermarket.

Comparison goods

• **Some goods like clothes and furniture are much more expensive. We buy them less often and like to compare styles and prices before we buy.

  **These are called comparison or high order goods.

  **They are often bought at larger shopping centres, malls or even online.

Open Ended

From the image, select and write any three or more convenience goods.

Multiple Select

From the image, select two high order goods.

• Bread

• Spectacles/Glasses

• DVDs

• Candies

Multiple Select

What is the other name for comparison goods?

• Convenience goods

• Low order goods

• High order goods

Open Ended

Fathikh does his weekly shopping on Bigbasket.com. One day he runs out of bread and he has to go to his nearest corner store. The price of the bread is more expensive than when he orders online.

Write down 2 reasons why this could be.