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Store Information Form
Students: In this assignment, you'll find out the impact and resistance to big-box stores in our community. Your group task will be to pick a chain store in our town and complete the following information form. If necessary, you may use additional sheets of paper to complete the form.
In order to make these conclusions, you'll interview store officials as well as use resources in order to collect evidence. When completed, the teacher will give you further instructions on how to present your information.
Name of Store: ____________________________________________________________
Year store opened: ________________________________________________________
Number of employees: ______________________________________________________
Starting salary of employees: _____________________________________________
Number of similar stores (type and location) in the area, city, town:
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Examples of stores (locally) which have closed since the opening of the big-box store:
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Evidence of resistance to opening of the big-box store:
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Evidence of support to opening of the big-box store:
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Evidence of support, benefits, abatements, etc. by local government given to the big-box store:
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Evidence of contributions, grants, scholarships, etc., given by the big-box store to the community:
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Comparison of price of items at big-box store versus locally owned business (compare the price of five regularly purchased items at a local chain store with the same item at a locally owned department or grocery store)
Item #1_______________________________________________________________________________
Price of item at chain store: $________________________________________
Price of item at local store: $________________________________________
Item #2_______________________________________________________________________________
Price of item at chain store: $________________________________________
Price of item at local store: $________________________________________
Item #3_______________________________________________________________________________
Price of item at chain store: $________________________________________
Price of item at local store: $________________________________________
Item #4_______________________________________________________________________________
Price of item at chain store: $________________________________________
Price of item at local store: $________________________________________
Item #5_______________________________________________________________________________
Price of item at chain store: $________________________________________
Price of item at local store: $________________________________________