Assignment 3

Globalization

  1. Go to a grocery store (one that sells something other than only local products, i.e., not a food coop) and observe the country of origin for various perishable and non-perishable food items (at least ten). At your place of residence observe the country of production of clothing items (at least ten). Create a table for your results with the following structure:
Item number Type Details Country of origin
1 Food Food item/brand/price
2 Food
3 Food
4 Food
5 Food
6 Food
7 Food
8 Food
9 Food
10 Food
11 Clothing Brand/price
12 Clothing
13 Clothing
14 Clothing
15 Clothing
16 Clothing
17 Clothing
18 Clothing
19 Clothing
20 Clothing
  1. Describe what you found in ~3 sentences. What were you expecting before undertaking this exercise? Does anything surprise you about the results?