Retailing local food in the Scottish-English borders: A supply chain perspective Export

@article{4713, abstract = {Local food is championed as one alternative response to industrial systems of food production and supply. While advocacy for local food is high, there is a lack of empirical evidence about the actual shape and scale of such food supply chains, especially from a retail perspective. Using supply chain diagrams, this paper presents a summary of `new' agro-food geographies for five different retail types--farm shops, butchers, caterers, specialist shops, supermarkets/department stores--that all source local food from suppliers in the Scottish-English borders. Presented as five separate `shopping trips', the paper examines where, how and why retailers source local food. Results reveal the complex nature of local food systems, especially in terms of intra-sector competitive dynamics (with a notable tension between direct forms of retail and established (independent) retailers), links and overlaps with `normal' food retail systems and elastic notions of the `local'. The paper also draws a key distinction between locally produced and locally supplied food products.}, author = {Ilbery, B. and Maye, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {4215288}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.09.003}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V68-4HG67CW-1/2/391ad4ea7120d80e7e9af3e54ca1b147}, doi = {10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.09.003}, journal = {Geoforum}, keywords = {chain, food, geography, supply}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {352--367}, posted-at = {2009-03-24 18:59:37}, priority = {2}, title = {Retailing local food in the Scottish-English borders: A supply chain perspective}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.09.003}, volume = {37}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - 4713 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4215288 N2 - Local food is championed as one alternative response to industrial systems of food production and supply. While advocacy for local food is high, there is a lack of empirical evidence about the actual shape and scale of such food supply chains, especially from a retail perspective. Using supply chain diagrams, this paper presents a summary of `new' agro-food geographies for five different retail types--farm shops, butchers, caterers, specialist shops, supermarkets/department stores--that all source local food from suppliers in the Scottish-English borders. Presented as five separate `shopping trips', the paper examines where, how and why retailers source local food. Results reveal the complex nature of local food systems, especially in terms of intra-sector competitive dynamics (with a notable tension between direct forms of retail and established (independent) retailers), links and overlaps with `normal' food retail systems and elastic notions of the `local'. The paper also draws a key distinction between locally produced and locally supplied food products. IS - 3 JF - Geoforum EP - 367 TI - Retailing local food in the Scottish-English borders: A supply chain perspective VL - 37 SP - 352 KW - chain KW - food KW - geography KW - supply AU - Ilbery, B AU - Maye, D PY - 2006/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.09.003 ER -