Alternative layout for Food-stores Poll

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What is the best option for supermarkets

No Change: It is good as it is now
0
No votes
Change 1: implanting Distributions centers
2
40%
Change 2: An alternative for the 3x3 layout
2
40%
Change 3: More floors for the retail stores
1
20%
 
Total votes: 5

jbvisual
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Alternative layout for Food-stores Poll

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What is the problem
In the current version of Capitalism Lab you can dedicate yourself to a lot of markets, and with some mods the product list is almost endless.
But of the mods adds a lot of food products to game, and even without mods there a more products than a single store can sell.

With 3 floors the maximum of the amount of products you can sell is 12…
And even shops with a single floors sells thousands of products, so in my opinion there must be some changes how the retail-function works in the game.

Change 1

There will be some main categories (this main categories are already there)
-Food products
-Beverage
-Alcohol
-Tabaco
-Snacks
-household products
In this product classes there can be some changes, but you all get an idea of it.

You and your competitors produce products in one or more of the main categories.
And as in real life, super markets have an distribution-center for the products, and in the distribution center you can buy these products from yourself of your competitors.
From this point there products will be delivered to your supermarkets, but only in main categories.

The quality will be defined by a few values:
-amount of products
-average quality
-do you sell some unique products
-can customers make choices (if you sell more than one of the same products such as “chicken soup” from your own company, but also from one of your competitors (with an differed quality and price)

you can compare this with an Video-on-demand or newspaper building.
Bud instead investing money for a better product, you have to buy as many of different products with a good quality for a better main product.

So supermarkets will sell the main categories:
-Food products
-Beverage
-Alcohol
-Tabaco
-Snacks

Change 2

There will some drastic changes to the gameplay. Now there are experimenting with an alternative to the 3x3 layout for factories (see the following topic http://www.capitalism2.com/forum/viewto ... 897#p21897 )

In this way it must be possible to sell more than just 12 products in one store, because there will be now limited 3x3 grid anymore.

Change 2
more floors

My personal opinion:
Change 2 will be the best option, but I am not sure of one of these 2 changes will be possible.
also if you have another idea for an solution for the 12 products limit, please leave an comment.
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