Some amazing images to help teach economies of scale

A huge hat tip to Innes Robinson over on the superb GCSE Economics blog for spotting this absolutely priceless collection of images of Sainsbury’s main distribution centre - the ideal visual stimulus for illustrating, explaining and discussion economies of scale.  The sheer scale of the distribution operation is breathtaking, as is the extent of automation in the stockholding and handing processes.

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