1. What determines the cost of food ? Food in Europe Comenius group no. 3 – Grzegorz Rybak, Paulina Swietochowska, Danijela Grubisic, Martina Abbondio, Eda Sancer, Davide Checcucci, Filip Jurek

2. What does “cost” mean ?  Cost is an amount of money that we have to pay to get something.  Cost means value of some products or service.

3. How is the cost of Production Determined ? Mostly, the production cost is connected with technology of machines. If machine is not effective price grows.

4. What determines the cost of food?  Producer  Seller  Government  Technology, development

5. Producer  The cost of transportation,  The cost of production,  Feeding of animals in the farms,  The quality of food

7. Seller  The cost of transportation,  Rarity of product around the world,  The quality of food,  The popularity of the product in each country

8. What Determines the Price of a Food Items at the Grocery Store ?  The amount of money it takes to manufacture the package.  How much demand there is for that product?  How much supply the distributor can provide?  The employers wages.

9. Government  Taxes  Inflation  Import/export

10. Technology,development  Technological development  The increase in the cost of goods needed to produce especially energy and fertilizer  Agro fuels

12. Links http://www.answers.com/Q/What_determines_the_price _of_a_food_item_at_the_grocery_store http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/cost.html#ix zz3EI8oMGsH http://bismarcktribune.com/business/local/what- determines-food-prices/article_1348dbe8-cd2f-11e1- b02b-0019bb2963f4.html http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2012-08-03/several- factors-determine-food-prices-grocery-stores