shopping with smaller businesses
championing independent retailers
shop small
forge real relationships
make a sale
thrive
recession
enormous
private sector jobs
support them in showcasing their products and services to local communities
high-street
out-of-season produce
a short field-to-fork journey
hotbeds of innovation
dietary requirement
great at telling you all about products ( note here that -ing form of verb is used. )
economies of scale
slash prices
sample a product
deli
off-licence
shops on a high street
incentivise
speculate
detrimental to
adverse effects
impair
offspring
interfere with
empathy
hands-on activities
demise of English language
ubiquitous
zeitgeist
confer
revitalise
citizen journalists
sinister ways
grappling with