Edexcel a level economics b question paper 2 june 2023

Please check the examination details below before entering your candidate information Candidate surname Other names Centre Number Candidate Number Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Monday 22 May 2023 Afternoon (Time: 2 hours) Paper reference 9EB0/02 Total Marks Economics B Advanced PAPER 2: Competing in the global economy You do not need any other materials. Instructions • Use black ink or ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number. • Answer all questions. • Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need. Information • The total mark for this paper is 100. • The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. • Calculators may be used. Advice • Read each question carefully before you start to answer it. • Try to answer every question. • Check your answers if you have time at the end.*P72978A0224* DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA 2  Answer ALL questions. SECTION A Read the following extracts (A to D) before answering Question 1. Write your answers in the spaces provided. Extract A UK restaurant sector in March 2022 Restaurants face food, wage and energy inflation, while real household incomes are falling. Around 700 chain restaurants have closed since March 2020, according to the Local Data Company (LDC), which monitors chain restaurants. The Restaurant Group, which took over Frankie & Benny’s, Garfunkel’s and Chiquito and Casual Dining Group, which took over Café Rouge and Bella Italia, have now closed dozens of their restaurants. However, small independent restaurants have stepped into the gaps left by the chains. The number of local restaurants has increased by 3.7% (888) since March 2020, according to LDC. Cheaper rents have made it easier for entrepreneurs to start new restaurant businesses. (Source: adapted from Extract B The growth of dark kitchens Imagine a restaurant. Remove the tables, customers and restaurant employees. Replace these with an app and you have a dark kitchen. Dark kitchens are designed exclusively for efficiency; to cook, pack and deliver takeaway meals as quickly as possible. The idea is they help existing restaurant chains reach customers further away from their restaurants, which in turn do not become too busy. There has been substantial growth in the number of dark kitchens particularly in London, Manchester and Leeds. They are industrial-scale kitchens, located in warehouses in low-cost areas. While Food Stars, owned by Los Angeles based CloudKitchens, is the largest operator of dark kitchens in the UK, another multinational Deliveroo launched Deliveroo Editions rentable kitchens in 2017. In addition, Dishoom, Rosa’s Thai, Five Guys and Chinatown dim sum restaurant, Tao Tao Ju, have all entered this market. However, there have been growing concerns about dark kitchen sites being located close to residential areas. These concerns often relate to abuse from delivery drivers and finding ingredients, including raw meat, dumped in the street. There have also been concerns about poor working conditions and low pay for employees in these dark kitchens. (Source: adapted from news/the-mystery-of-londons-dark-kitchens-041322) 5 10 5 10 15 *P72978A0324* Turn over 3 DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA Extract C UK monthly consumer price index (CPI) September 2021 to March 2022 (2015 = 100) Sep-21 Oct-21 Nov-21 Dec-21 Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 118 117 116 115 114 113 112 111 110 Month-Year CPI 112.4 113.6 114.5 115.1 114.9 115.8 117.1 (Source: adapted from Extract D Total household expenditure on takeaway meals in the UK 2009, 2012 and 2014 to 2021 (£bn) 2009 7.4 2012 8.8 2014 9.3