This photo essay document examines different businesses in a local community from an economic perspective. It analyzes five businesses - BJ's Gas, Arby's, GameStop, Ingles, and Wal-Mart - looking at the goods and services they provide, the factors of production they use, opportunity costs for customers, and tradeoffs the businesses face. For each business, it identifies key goods/services, production factors like land, employees, and inventory, alternative options customers forgo by choosing that business, and tradeoffs the business encounters.