Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
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Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#2in india, that is your local grocery store. every street has them. of all kinds, stocking different things, sometimes similar things.
these give employment to a huge number of people who are simple passive shopkeepers, they do not do any advertising, do not have to raise loans (though some do) or "invest" in anything exotic. just their stock in hand.
since the "concentration" of power is distributed, everyone owns their own shop and nothing more.
majority of the shops don't even have an employee. the owner/family does the whole thing. (mom and pop store)
what this does is, there are no shareholders to satisfy, no shoplifting at the scale it becomes a problem for corps and employees don't care.
this model should be adopted elsewhere too, the opposite of going hyperscale
Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#3in india, that is your local grocery store. every street has them. of all kinds, stocking different things, sometimes similar things. these give employment to a huge number of people who are simple passive shopkeepers, they do not do any advertising, do not have to raise loans (though some do) or "invest" in anything exotic. just their stock in hand. since the "concentration" of power is distributed, everyone owns th…
This model also means using of lots and lots of labor because sales volume of those shops is very small and it keeps entire family occupied. It means those people are unavailable for other productive activities.
The world is entering labor shortage zone that will last for as long as we don't figure how to fix reproduction without abandoning human rights (which isn't an option anyway because there are many countries and people can vote with their feet).
Economic models that are as efficient as possible and above all, labor efficient, are thus highly preferrable. It's very likely we will see totally unmanned chain convenience stores soon.
Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#4As a resident, I would never opt to drive to the supermarket, I prefer to walk, or take my bicycle if necessary.
Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#5in india, that is your local grocery store. every street has them. of all kinds, stocking different things, sometimes similar things. these give employment to a huge number of people who are simple passive shopkeepers, they do not do any advertising, do not have to raise loans (though some do) or "invest" in anything exotic. just their stock in hand. since the "concentration" of power is distributed, everyone owns th…
I would gladly take small, diverse stores who sell local products over big supermarket chains. Unfortunately, in most big cities in EU this is not an option, anymore.
Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#6As a resident, I would never opt to drive to the supermarket, I prefer to walk, or take my bicycle if necessary.
It's the same in most large cities. Of course this is paid for at the till...
Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#7in india, that is your local grocery store. every street has them. of all kinds, stocking different things, sometimes similar things. these give employment to a huge number of people who are simple passive shopkeepers, they do not do any advertising, do not have to raise loans (though some do) or "invest" in anything exotic. just their stock in hand. since the "concentration" of power is distributed, everyone owns th…
This model also means using of lots and lots of labor because sales volume of those shops is very small and it keeps entire family occupied. It means those people are unavailable for other productive activities. The world is entering labor shortage zone that will last for as long as we don't figure how to fix reproduction without abandoning human rights (which isn't an option anyway because there are many countries a…
Countries have a labor shortage while simultaneously having overemployment with people doing pointless jobs, or people desperately searching for jobs and hundreds of people applying to the same positions. People who "graduate" from working at a grocery store and putting money in their own pockets often end up sitting at a computer doing nothing but scrolling through the internet and putting money in their employer's pockets.
Corner grocery stores aren't really a problem.
Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#8It seems they mean grocery store, rather than supermarket. Also take into account that in the Netherlands it's more common to go grocery shopping daily or every few days.
Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#9As somebody who's lived in both Amsterdam and the Bay Area, the list of things that Bay Area car advocates say are impossible that I've seen work with my own eyes is endless.
Re: Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet
#10in india, that is your local grocery store. every street has them. of all kinds, stocking different things, sometimes similar things. these give employment to a huge number of people who are simple passive shopkeepers, they do not do any advertising, do not have to raise loans (though some do) or "invest" in anything exotic. just their stock in hand. since the "concentration" of power is distributed, everyone owns th…
Sri Lanka chiming in: this was the case when I was growing up. Two corner stores within 50 meters of my home. Personal relationship with both owners (they set aside my favourite paper, advised me on razors when I started shaving). Now that has been lost with supermarkets. It's all very convenient with a lot of choice, but something has been lost. Something experiential that can't be boiled down to KPIs.