Let's go shopping!
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This ordinary banana has had an extraordinary journey.
Travelling thousands of kilometres from a plantation in Costa Rica, to a shop in Germany.
People who buy goods are called consumers.
consumers
people who buy goods
Consumers contribute a lot to the world economy.
This helps to pay the wages of all the people involved in bringing things like bananas to the market.
Farmers, factory workers, sailors, delivery drivers and shop assistants.
Shopping
Shopping has existed for thousands of years, but the way we shop is constantly changing.
In ancient times, people would visit open-air markets.
Some stalls were temporary while others were permanent.
These permanent stalls were the first shops.
Back then as now some shops specialised in specific items – for example, cheese.
New York, USA
1930
In 1930, a new kind of shop opened in the USA, a supermarket.
Supermarkets sell everything in one place, and quickly became popular all over the world.
Today an ever-increasing number of people buy their goods online and have them delivered directly to their homes.
As well as how and where we buy things, what we consume has also changed over the years.
In the past the goods in shops would have come mostly from the surrounding area.
Today we can buy things from all over the world.
Like bananas from Costa Rica, tea from India and salmon from Scotland.
So next time you are shopping, ask yourself where the things you are buying might have come from and how they got to your shopping basket.
How we shop is constantly changing.
This banana has travelled thousands of kilometres.
It has travelled from a plantation in Costa Rica to a shop in Germany.
People who buy goods are called consumers.
consumers
people who buy goods
Consumers are important for the world economy.
Their money pays people’s wages. Many people are part of the banana’s journey from plantation to shop.
Farmers, factory workers, sailors, delivery drivers and shop assistants.
Shopping
People have been shopping for thousands of years. But how we shop is always changing.
In ancient times, people would visit open-air markets.
Some stalls were temporary. Other stalls were permanent.
These permanent stalls were the first shops.
Just like today, some shops specialised in certain goods – for example, cheese.
New York, USA
1930
In 1930, a new kind of shop opened. It was called a supermarket.
Supermarkets sell everything in one place. They became popular all over the world.
Today more and more people buy their goods on the internet. The goods are delivered to their homes.
How and where we buy things has changed. What we buy has also changed.
In the past, the goods in shops came from nearby.
Today, we can buy things from all over the world.
We can buy bananas from Costa Rica, tea from India and salmon from Scotland.
Next time you are shopping, think about where the goods have come from and how they travelled to your shopping basket.
How we shop is always changing.
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