What are the advantages and disadvantages of supermarkets?

Answer 1

It is hard to say which kind of shop is better. Both a corner shop and a supermarket has many advantages and disadvantages.

The corner shop is generally small and has friendly staff. Because it is not as big you cannot find there sophisticated products as you can find in supermarket. The staff usually know you very well. They know what are your favourite products, they can put aside things that you want to buy but do not have enough money now. It is very nice and useful. But in the other hand it is very hard to keep something in secret. For example it is realy difficult to buy beer, cigarettes or condoms in order to shop assistant did not tell your mother or gossip about you.

The supermarket is bigger than the corner shop and is better equipped. More people goes to these kind of shop. Everybody is anonymous for shop assistant. Price of a lot of products is very low. The competition of supermarkets is very good for customer. But despite these advantages the supermarkethas also got few disadvantages. A lot of products are not fresh. They lie on the shelfs and wait for a customer. Sometimes they can wait very, very long... Short-term products like bread or milk have to be in refrigerator but sometimes they are much too long there and past the sell-by date. The shop assistant often writes a new date and the product is "fresh" again...

To sum up there are many advantages and disadvantages of the supermarket and the corner shop. I do not have my favourite kind of shop. Sometimes I go to the supermarket or the corner shop. It depends on the kind of product I want to buy.

Answer 2

Advantages: Sometimes cheaper than other shops - but not always. Often more choice in one location than more traditional shops that sell a more limited range of products. Car parking is usually available. Quality is often assured whereas in more traditional shops quality varies.