Abstract
In several residential areas, people are facing problems in shopping owing to the lack of means of transportation and facilities.
However, hilly and mountainous areas in which many elderly residents with the disadvantage of shopping are holding subjects, such as the continuity of a support business.
This report focused on cooperatives whose associates share a responsibility in continuing business ventures.
The present condition of the people at a disadvantage in shopping in hilly and mountainous areas was clarified by a survey. The questionnaires were distributed to the customers of the individual door-to-door delivery business of Okayama Copland, and the users of the Y-shop, Kamiminochi branch of JA Hiroshima City.Further, the survey results indicated that cooperatives are engaging in the development of long-term support for people at a disadvantage in shopping in hilly and mountainous areas.
