Advntages and disadvantages of big supermarkets

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The worlds first famous supermarket was opened in the USA in 1912 and the idea soon spread to Europe and other countries. The shopping scene in Poland has also changed over the past ten years. Empty shelves and long lines are things of the past. Today trade is alive and very busy.

Shopping has become a part of our everyday life, of course some people love it and some do not. We have become witnesses of the growth of big stores and shopping centres. All of them are beautifly decorated and are opened for the whole day and weekends.

This enormus place has plenty advantages and disadventeges. It is designed in such a way that the shoppers have to go a certain route from the entrance to the cash point near the exit. The customer is guided past all the most popular production display and therby encouraged to buy items he would have forgotten to buy.

You don`t have carry things but you just take a trolley.

It is a very convenient way of shopping because you can choose the product you want from a large range and you have the possiblity to get to know the new products. You are served in a very polite way and no one makes you hurry because other shoppers are waiting behind you. The variety of goods is so great that you are given time to decide what to choose. Supermarkets can be called \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"the all in one shop\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" because they offer products of every kind. There are departments specializing in: food for people and pets, clothes, tools, books and magazines, electronic equipment, souvenirs and many other. It is not only high - quality assortment that attracts people but also its lighting of high intensity and its clean and hygienic atmosphere with,