Abstract
Academic literature on food retailing has tended to focus on the larger retail multiples, with less attention paid to the small independent retailer. This chapter provides a unique insight into urban independent co-operative food retailers and the complex links they reveal between community, place and social relations. Through a contrasting case-type approach, we extend the concept of community retailing from a sole focus of the local immediate community, to include also a community of values and a supply chain community, thus suggesting a much broader, more diffuse spatiality and ethicality beyond that of the immediate locale.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Case Studies in Food Retailing and Distribution |
Subtitle of host publication | A Volume in the Consumer Science and Strategic Marketing Series |
Editors | John Byrom, Dominic Medway |
Publisher | Woodhead Publishing |
Chapter | 1 |
Pages | 1-12 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780081020388 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780081020371 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 9 Nov 2018 |