think an effective supermarket should be able to provide a fast and easy service for the public and they should make sure that all their products are to the best, this could make the business meet its aims and objectives easier and better. Another good aim for Sainsbury is that they could improve their charitable donations in order to make more customers go there. I think an effective school should provide top service for all the students, qualified teachers, good facilities and the best effort of the school as possible. I think if MFG made the school bigger, it would also meet its aims and objectives more efficiently because more room means more students and teachers which also means that there would me more customers which is good for a school.
In the outside world there are loads of different types of businesses e.g sole traders, partnership, limited companies and co-operatives etc…
Sainsbury is a public limited company, which means the public can buy shares via the stock market (the share price currently is 298.50p). Sainsbury is a large business and lots of people work there. The shareholders own Sainsbury and it has a limited liability so the shareholders are not liable for all the debts but they only pay the amount they have invested.
Sainsbury is better off being a public limited company because it can easily raise money by selling shares. It is also better off being a public limited company because it is bigger than private limited companies and they don’t sell shares to the public where as public limited companies do.
Public limited companies has a couple of advantages like; it is not owned by the government but by the shareholders, it gets lots of profit, lots of people work in that business so the work load is less and the business has a very good chance to survive because the shareholders pay some of the debts. It also has disadvantages like; low wages because there are lots of staff working there, long hours etc…
Mirfield Free Grammar is a public sector organization, which means it is controlled by the government. It does not sell shares and it doesn’t have as much public sector business as private sector business. This type of ownership suits Mirfield Free Grammar because it is public and owned by the government. Mirfield Free Grammar has advantages like people don’t have to pay to get in and it has a very good chance to survive because it is owned by the government. It also has disadvantages like getting no profit and not a lot of people would go there.
The differences between Sainsbury’s ownership and MFG’s ownership is that Sainsbury is a public limited company which means it can raise money by selling shares to the public whereas in the other hand MFG raise money by attracting students to come to their school. Another difference between these two is that Sainsbury is controlled by a board of directors who are elected whereas a board of governors control MFG. These governors are also elected by parents and teachers who do it on a voluntary basis.
I think Mirfield Free Grammar would be better if it was a partnership because then there would be more people controlling the school which means it would run more efficient meeting its aims even better.
I think if Sainsbury was a franchise, it would be a very good business because if people use Sainsbury’s brand name and run a business in a less populated area, the local would go their for their food instead of going into the main towns and cities.
There are lots of aims for Sainsbury like to provide a charitable service and to expand the service to the community.
The core business activity for Sainsbury is to sell food and groceries because these make the most profit for Sainsbury.
The range of activities that Sainsbury carries out are to sell baby food, books, flowers, cds, toys, mobile phones, medicine, food, drinks, fruits, vegetables, cakes, chocolate, wine, gifts, electronics and a lot more. They also have their own bank as well.
The main customers of Sainsbury’s are basically the public and their main competitors are Tesco, Asda, Morrisons etc…
The business activity of Sainsbury have changed a lot nowadays for example, they sell more products like CDs, gel, games, more electronic things etc… they never used to sell these in the past. Now customers can even order their shopping over the Internet so it is a lot easier and they don’t have to go there themselves.
Sainsbury is in the Tertiary Sector because it only sells products and they rely on quite a lot on the primary and secondary sectors because they buy most of their products from them (natural resources) like, farmers and fishermen’s for their meat supplies, a fruit grower for their fruits and vegetables etc…
Sainsbury gives out lots of offers like buy 1 get 1 free, 3 for the price of 2 etc… because it attracts customers to buy the products. An example would be: -
Financial Results
These are the results of Sainsbury’s turnover.
The core business activity of Mirfield Free Grammar is to educate the students (education). The range of activities of MFG are, marketing, lessons, educating, computer facilities, courses for community etc…
The main customers for MFG are the local community and their main competitors are Castle Hall, Spen, Heckmonwike etc…
The business activity of Mirfield Free Grammar has also changed a lot like, the new 6th form has been added, smart boards, new computers, more facilities, expansion etc… There are also vocational courses like Business Studies and media studies. Mirfield Free Grammar is also a Tertiary sector because they only provide a service for the local community. MFG relies on primary and secondary sectors for their desks, chairs, books, food, computers and all kinds of other things.
There are a lot of similarities between Sainsbury and MFG like, they are both in the Tertiary Sector, they both provide a service, they both rely on other business sectors to survive and they both have a lot of competitors.
The difference between the two businesses is that MFG requires mainly professionally qualified staff for their business activity whereas Sainsbury doesn’t as much. Another difference is that Sainsbury is a brand name who advertise nationally like on TV, bill-boards etc… whereas MFG doesn’t.
Sainsbury could change their business activity by becoming more environmentally friendly and donating more money.
I think Mirfield Free Grammar could change their business activity by providing an excellent service as well as educating because if you don’t provide a good service, people wouldn’t come to mfg and there would be no point educating if you can’t provide a good service.
The location for Sainsbury is in the Huddersfield town centre (22-24 Market Street), they chose this place for a number of reasons. For example the price of labour, some places are cheaper than others like in the town centre it would cost more because there are more people there, its surroundings because they need space for expansion, space for the customers to park and space for storage, visibility because then customers can see you, distance from competitors so customers would only go to them. The main factor for them to choose this place would be because the town is always very busy which means that there are lots of customers and they would get a lot of profit. They also chose this place because people can get there easily and quickly e.g. by bus. Sainsbury is a lot better off being in Kirklees than Great Britain because full time workers and part time workers earn a lot less money in Kirklees than in Great Britain although they do the same job. This is a good thing for Sainsbury because they don’t have to pay as much wages in Kirklees than in Great Britain.
The population in Kirklees is going up and up which is also a good thing for Sainsbury because it means there would be more customers which also means there would be more profit. Although there are a lot of good things about Sainsbury there are also bad things like it is close to its competitors like Tesco, it is very close to it, Asda it is also close to that as well and other food shops like Marks and Spencers.
The location for Mirfield Free Grammar is on Kitson Hill Road, they chose this for a number of reasons. For example there are fields near by so that the students can do PE on, red gra so they can do athletics and other things, room to expand in the future, population of people living by, a main road next to it so that people can get there easier and they also chose that place because it is quite far away from other schools.
The main differences between Sainsbury and Mirfield Free Grammar in choosing their location are that Mirfield Free Grammar has to think about its surroundings like fields, red gra etc… Another difference would be that Sainsbury need to think about its transport links and how easily they can get their supplies from the suppliers. Another difference would be that Sainsbury need to think about the price of rent because some places are more expensive than others. I think they have these differences because Sainsbury need to get supplies from other places and they also need to get customers so it would make a big difference between where the two businesses put their business.
The similarities between these two businesses are that they both choose places close to customers, another similarity would be that they both need space for storage etc… Another similarity is that they both need to be accessible for customers and the final similarity is that they both want to be far away from competitors. These are all the similarities of the two businesses.
The main aims for Sainsbury are:-
- To make profit
- To expand in the future
- To maximize sales
- To beat the competition against other companies
- To provide a quality product and service
The main aims for Mirfield Free Grammar are:-
- To provide a service to the community
- To deliver a quality service
- To expand in the future
- To beat the competition
I think the Sainsbury in Huddersfield Town is quite good where it is now but I think it could be moved to a better place, this is because there isn’t enough parking places and not enough room but if they moved to a more space area they would have a lot more space so more customers can park their cars which means there would be more profit. This would help them meet their aims and objectives more effectively.
I think Mirfield Free Grammar has absolutely got no problems at all where it stands now because there are lots of local people near by, there are fields, room, perfect surroundings etc… so there is no need for them to move to a better place. But there is one problem, there is a very busy road separating the school from the red-gra, this is a big problem because the cars on the road are very fast and it could be dangerous for the pupils to cross it especially when there is a group of them. Apart from that, there’s nothing bad about where MFG is placed at the meantime.
In the Kirklees Industry, 0.7% of the people work in the primary production whereas 27% of the people work in the secondary sector and about 70% of the people work in tertiary sectors. More and more people are working in the Tertiary sectors than the rest.
