Social Stratification is the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy based on access to wealth, power, and prestige. An example would be the grocery store, or the stores located around the area where we live. In the Low class there are stores such as the 'Discount store, Bargain Store, 99 cent store'. Yet in the High class they have stores such as ' Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Organic Stores'.