the fridge as a commodity?

Question

- what defines the fridge as a commodity
- it's influence on family life
- how it function in the economic feild

I would need more in depth answers, please and thanks to everyone in advance!

Answer 1

The fridge means we don't have to shop every day. We can store food. It releases mum from shopping daily. She has time to go off with the bloke down the road. Dad isn't too pleased but at least his beers can be stored in the fridge. The fridge includes a freezer - even more storage time. Big shops take over cos we can get loads in a trolley, bring it home and store it all. Little shops go down the pan, more cars needed to pick up all this food- more cars, more petrol, more fumes, planet slowly dies...

Answer 2

What defines the fridge as a commodity is the fact that many people want to buy one.

Answer 3

Before the second world war, it was considered a non-essential oddity.
In the early post war years, a luxury status symbol.
In the late fifties and early sixties, when "We`d never had it so good" it became an essential part of modern living.
In the 21st.Century it is part of every modern home and necessary for keeping our foods fresh and our health good.
An item which started life as `joke` is now a guardian of our health.

Answer 4

Its role as an appliance. A functional tool for preservation of food that has value.