Ideas for another aspect of Food
The food that we eat comes from an array of different places, for example supermarkets. The supermarkets are located in various socioeconomic neighborhoods. Within these stores it can be seen that there is a disparity of prices for foods. This project is all about New York City culture and whatnot, and I feel that another aspect of the culture is the causes of this disparity of prices. In an earlier post I mentioned an article where a Whole Foods moved into an area where there is a Farmer’s or Green market. I can expand from that as I explore a few reasons for this disparity of prices. Three main causes of this disparity are competition between stores; the store’s operating costs; and their buying power. An effect of this disparity is the choice of foods that a consumer has. I might drop the last part, but we all experience the three causes. Commercialization causes competition to occur since now stores have to find a way to reduce their costs, attract customers, and in general fight to stay in business. The operating costs for a supermarket includes the store location. There are different property values throughout New York City and that has a major impact on food availability.
I have research for a lot of the statements in the paragraph above, but some of those statements come from observations that can easily be proven, such as the part about property values.
Dmitry