answer key to foundations of canadian businesses blm 1-2

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ANSWER KEY TO FOUNDATIONS OF CANADIAN BUSINESSES
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BLM 1-2
Business #1
Business #2
Major Difference
Roots
YMCA
Profit: Roots is profit driven; the YMCA is a nonprofit organization.
Royal Bank
Lucy’s Lemonade
Stand
Size: Royal Bank is large, and Lucy’s is small. Any
business that employs less than 500 people is a smallto medium-sized business (SMB).
Mac’s Milk
Stan and Marjorie’s
Dairy Farm
Ownership: Mac’s Milk is a corporation; Stan and
Marjorie’s Dairy Farm is a partnership.
Precision Optical
City Centre
Optometrists
Goods or services: Precision Optical sells glasses;
City Centre Opticians performs eye examinations.
Jones Soda
Lee Valley Tools
Channels of distribution: Jones Soda sells to retail
stores who sell to ultimate consumers; Lee Valley
Tools distributes mainly by catalogue and online.
Burger King
McDonald’s
Role in the community: Burger King keeps a low
community profile; McDonald’s has Ronald
McDonald House and supports community events.
Cool Pines Summer
Camp
Bombardier
Recreational
Products
Jobs: Jobs at Cool Pines are seasonal, mainly for
young workers, require outdoor work, and a variety
of expertise. Bombardier would employ a number of
different age groups, and require factory labour and
office work primarily.
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