Contrast the location of a food distributor and a supermarke

Contrast the location of a food distributor and a supermarket. (The distributor sends truckloads of food, meat, produce, etc. to the supermarket.) Show the relevant considerations (factors) they share; show those where they differ.

Solution

The distributor is more concerned with transportation and storage costs, and the supermarket more concerned with proximity to markets. The distributor will focus more on roads, overall population density (store density), while the supermarket will focus more on neighborhood affluence, traffic patterns, etc. The distributor will be concerned with speedy and reliable delivery, the supermarket with easy access. Both will have concerns over attitudes and zoning. Both will need access to similar labor forces; both will need similar measures of workforce education, etc. Many other comparisons may be drawn.