Question

Distinguish between the following.

Chain Store and Supermarket shop.

Answer 1

Basis of Difference	Chain Store	Supermarket shop
1. Meaning	Large scale retail shop with a large number of branches that are managed and controlled by a single organization	Large-scale retail store, mainly selling food and grocery items on a self-service basis
2. Number of branches	Large number of branches	May or may not have branches
3. Investment	Large investment is required for the opening and maintenance of branches	Relatively less capital is required, as it deals only in food and grocery items
4. Location	Located in different parts of cities	Located at central places of a city
5. Basis of services	Chain stores have salesmen to demonstrate the product.	As there are no salesmen, customers have to choose goods on the basis of information given on packaging