Lesson video

Hello, and welcome to lesson six of the globalisation unit.

In this lesson, we're going to be learning all about what does globalisation have to do with food.

Let's have a look at the agenda together now.

So the first thing that we're going to look at in this lesson is who are the most powerful food companies.

Secondly, we're going to look at what is a TNC and then lastly, we're going to look at what are the impacts of a globalised food industry.

Now there are three things that you'll need for this lesson, an exercise book or some paper, a pencil, or a pen and of course most importantly our brains.

So pause the video now to make sure you've got those things and then resume when you're ready to get started.

In this first part of the lesson we're going to be learning all about who are the most powerful food company.

And to get started we've got a task right away.

I think you're going to like this task I quite enjoyed it myself actually.

What you need to do is make a list of some of the different food and drink brands you have consumed this week.

Now you don't have to write hundreds and hundreds I don't know how many brands you've had maybe just try and write a list of at least three and maybe maximum five.

But note those down so when you're ready, pause the video to complete your task and then resume once you're finished.

Okay.

Interesting exercise.

I wonder how many different brands you wrote down? I wonder what your favourite brand is? Oh, really interesting! Well, here are my here's my list.

I didn't write everything down.

It made me feel a bit guilty actually when I thought about how many things I'd had.

But here is a short list of some of the things I had over the past 24 hours.

So I had a delicious bowl of porridge and that is a brand of porridge Quaker Oats, I had a nice cool refreshing glass of Pepsi it was a very hot day and that is of course from Pepsi.

And then I had a glass of orange juice and the brand of that orange juice was Tropicana.

So just in the course of 24 hours, three different food and beverage or three different food and drinks brands.

Well interesting point for you.

So I've had my delicious porridge, my cool refreshing glass of Pepsi and my nice full of vitamin C glass of orange juice three different brands.

But what if I were to tell you these three different brands and essentially quite different products are actually all owned by the same company.

It's quite crazy to think isn't it? Pepsi being part of the same company as a porridge brand? You have a laugh Mr. Barber.

No, I'm not having a laugh.

All three of these different brands are owned by one huge powerful company called PepsiCo and actually many of the foods and drinks brands that you enjoy are likely to be owned by 10 companies.

That's right 10 companies on planet earth control almost every single or every large food and drinks brand.

And those companies include Nestle, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, who I just mentioned and Kellogg's, and there are various others as well.

These 10 companies generate $1.

1 billion every single day.

And they also employ thousands of people across the globe.

And it's for this reason that we see so many of the same brands all across the world.

Now I'd like you to think very carefully about this question.

What makes it easier for these 10 companies to operate in so many countries around the world and by operate we mean simply to how can they work? How can they function in so many different countries around the world? And you can write this down or you can just shout it at the screen.

It's up to you.

So when you're ready, pause the video to complete your task and then resume once you're finished.

Okay.

I wonder what you shouted at the screen or carefully noted down.

Let's go through this together.

So what makes it easier for these 10 companies to operate in so many countries around the world? Well, to sum up it's our old friend globalisation of course.

Because globalisation leads to those increased connections that make it much easier for these companies to function or to operate in so many different countries.

But there are also two other things that help with that.

What are those two other things related to globalisation that you think helped with that? Was that you say technology! Absolutely right.

Of course technology has made it much easier for these countries to operate in so many different countries.

Technology through the internet people can just communicate much easier much more easily.

Remember factories can move to other countries more easily because of more efficient technology.

And there's one other thing related to globalisation that has made this a lot easier, what's that? Sorry, I didn't hear you.

It's transport.

Absolutely transport again has become much cheaper and efficient enabling these companies to operate in so many different countries.

In this second part of the lesson, we're going to be learning about what is a TNC? So here it is.

Here is the big reveal.

What is a TNC? A TNC stands for a transnational Corporation or transnational Corporations.

Say it back to the screen what is a TNC? Transnational corporations.

One more time.

What is a TNC? Nice one, transnational corporations.

And a corporation is another word for a large company.

So to be called or defined as a TNC it has to be a company that operates in two or more countries.

So for example, Coca Cola is a TNC they definitely operate in two or more countries.

In fact, they operate in almost every country on the planet.

So they are an example of a very large TNC.

What does TNC stand for again by the way? transnational corporations.

Nice one.

Now some TNCs are so rich and powerful that they are more rich and powerful than the countries that they actually operate in.

So to summarise TNC stands for transnational corporations and to be defined as a TNC they have to operate in two or more countries.

TNCs are often even more powerful than many of the countries they operate in.

And those 10 companies that we spoke about earlier that control most of the largest food and drinks brands, they are all examples of TNCs.

Based on that information you're now going to complete the following tasks.

Complete the sentences by adding the missing words and when you're ready pause the video to complete your task and then resume once you're finished.

Let's go through those now.

So question number one excuse me, or sentence number one T N C means transnational companies No! It is transnational nice one corporation or corporations.

A TNC is a company that operates in something or more countries.

How many countries did Mr. Barber say? Five, six.

No, what's that absolutely right.

A TNC is a company that operates in two or more countries.

Sentence three.

Many TNCs are richer and more something than the something they operate in.

They were richer and more something.

What was that? They're richer and more powerful than the something they operate in.

What do TNCs operating in? What's that, nice one.

They're richer and more powerful than the countries they operate.

So that is what TNCs are.

Let's move on to the final parts of the lessons.

In this final part of the lesson, we're going to learn about what are the impacts of a globalised food industry.

And what I'd like you to do first is to draw a table using the headings below.

So in one column you're going to have positive impacts of a globalised food industry and in the second column you're going to have negative impacts of a globalised food industry.

And make sure you leave yourself room underneath to be able to write two or three sentences in each column.

So pause the video to copy that table and then resume once you're finished.

Okay.

Hopefully got a lovely nice neat table.

Ready to go with room for two to three sentences don't forget.

Here's what we're going to do with that table so you are going to complete your table using the information below.

So each of these different sentences or factors represent an impact globalisation has had on the food industry.

You need to decide whether they are a positive impact or a negative impact.

Okay? So for example, the first pink box you can see says the world has a far more varied diet.

And that means that people have people eat like lots of different foods now compared to the past.

Now is that a good thing or a bad thing? I think it's safe to say that that's a good thing isn't it? It is great that now here in Britain, where I am I can eat foods that come from all over the world.

So I'm going to write that in the positive column.

What you need to do now is read each of these different factors very carefully decide whether they are a positive or a negative impact and then add them to your table.

When you're ready, pause the video to complete your task and then resume once you're finished.

Okay.

How did you find that? I think that's a very interesting exercise actually.

Let's go through the results together now.

So positive impacts of a globalised food industry.

Here's what I labelled or wrote added to the table.

So the one we've been through, of course, the world has a far more varied diet, excellent.

TNCs share farming technology with the developing world.

I mean, that's fantastic that they are able to share new technology with the developing world So that's a positive thing.

And TNCs in the food industry, create jobs in the developing world.

I mean that's fantastic as well.

Think about a TNC that we've discussed so Coca Cola, they are operating in almost every country and therefore that creates jobs in those countries and that is good because jobs allow people to have a salary which gives them money to buy the things that they need.

Let's have a look at the negative impacts of a globalised food industry.

So here's one popular foods produced in other countries are becoming more expensive for locals.

So an example of that is avocados.

Avocados have become very very popular in Brazil.

People love putting them on toast and chucking them in salads and things like that.

But because they are so popular in Britain and other countries, they're actually becoming more expensive in the countries that produce them.

So local people having to pay more money than did before because of our globalised incredibly connected food industry.

Another negative large TNCs make it harder for smaller food companies to compete.

Definitely a negative, right? Because these huge companies are so rich and powerful it means that the smaller companies they struggle to compete.

They struggle to sell as many products as the big big company.

So that is a negative impact.

And then last one and a very serious one is that globalisation has spread unhealthy diets because well this links to the positive point actually.

The world has a far more diet now which is great.

However, it does mean that some countries where before they actually had a very healthy diets now lots of unhealthy foods are being introduced and unhealthy diets are creating one of the world's biggest health problems which is obesity.

So these are the positive and negative impacts it looks quite balanced here doesn't it? By no means are these all the impacts they have but it's a useful exercise in looking at how well globalisation can be a good thing, but also sometimes it can have negative impact.

Well done on all the fantastic learning that you've done today.

Before we finish there are just two things that you need to do.

First of all don't forget to write down three different things that you'll remember from this lesson.

And also don't forget to complete the exit quiz at the end so you can show off how much fantastic knowledge you now have.

Am looking forward to teaching you again soon and have a great day.