Starter quiz
- Where do most people in the UK buy their weekly shop?
- supermarkets ✓
- greengrocer
- butchers
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- What is a "supply chain"?
- The process of making food from raw materials
- Steps that move products from the producers to the consumer ✓
- The transportation of food from one country to another
- A type of food processing method
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- Match the key words.
- import⇔goods and services brought in from another country ✓
- export⇔goods and services sold to another country ✓
- raw materials⇔things that can be used to make goods ✓
- What does the term 'food miles' mean?
- The distance food travels from the farm to your plate ✓
- The number of miles a food product is processed
- The time it takes for food to reach a supermarket
- The distance food is shipped within the same country
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- Food with more food miles has __________ of an impact on the environment.
- more ✓
- less
- no
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- Why is the supply chain important for food production?
- It ensures food is grown in large quantities
- It helps move food from producers to consumers in an organised way ✓
- It prevents food from being exported
- It focuses only on packaging food for delivery
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Exit quiz
- A ______ describes all of the stages involved in producing goods, transporting them and selling them to customers. (2 words)
- 'supply chain' ✓
- What word is defined as "goods and services brought in from another country"?
- import ✓
- export
- processing
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- Raw ______ are things that can be grown or dug out of the ground and processed or used to manufacture goods.
- 'materials' ✓
- Food with more food __________ has a greater impact on the environment.
- miles ✓
- emissions
- chains
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Key learning points
- Supermarkets are the main way that people shop for food.
- Many supermarkets in the UK are global companies and operate in different countries around the world.
- Supermarkets sell many different goods and food items which all have their own complex supply chains.
Common misconception
Supply chains start at the manufacturing stage.
Supply chains start when raw materials have been taken from the earth.
Keywords
Supply chain - all of the stages involved in producing goods, transporting them and selling them to customers
Import - goods and services brought in from another country
Export - goods and services sold to another country
Processing - making changes to a food’s natural state, e.g. cooking beans in tomato sauce and preserving them in tins
Raw materials - things that can be grown or dug out of the ground and processed or used in the manufacture of goods
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