Summary Meat from the butcher, bread from the bakery, vegetables from the greengrocer - fresh food, personal service, but very time-consuming. This is what shopping looked like until the birth of the supermarket. After some initial difficulties, the new shopping experience got an unexpected boost due to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Today, supermarkets are an indispensable part of our daily lives. Great Inventions explores the link between the history of the supermarket and that of the car and highlights other inventions that have made large shops big business.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Shini Somara Liv Boeree John Last Martin Archer
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Dec 8, 2020
Countries of origin : Germany Netherlands United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Off the Fence World Media Rights Productions Doc.station Medienproduktion
Summary Meat from the butcher, bread from the bakery, vegetables from the greengrocer - fresh food, personal service, but very time-consuming. This is what shopping looked like until the birth of the supermarket. After some initial difficulties, the new shopping experience got an unexpected boost due to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Today, supermarkets are an indispensable part of our daily lives. Great Inventions explores the link between the history of the supermarket and that of the car and highlights other inventions that have made large shops big business.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Dec 8, 2020
Countries of origin : Germany Netherlands United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Off the Fence World Media Rights Productions Doc.station Medienproduktion