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Because the price too low, and the quality too high? That would explain it. BUT ! It's not the Ockham's Razor explanation. Perhaps the...

I was thinking dehumanization may have been with us as long as humanity. I checked. The first known use of dehumanizing was in 1817 I...

Besides being cheaper, these Hispanic grocery store foods are fresher, riper, tastier, and less bruised. So it could be they have to...

{... The majority, composed of Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown...

Japan obtained useful industrial profit & productivity gains with "just in time" supply chains. Instead of Mazda buying sub-assemblies...

Two major problems with irradiating food. One is that it will kill beneficial micro organisms that are necessary. Two is that...

R5, There's a controversy about irradiated food. The purpose of irradiating food before human consumption is to kill pathogens...

One possible explanation for these local stores to be both cheaper and better, is that they buy locally, so there is not the extra cost...

Since it looks like the 50's, it is just surprising since people were more judgmental back then as I recall? The hair of the person on...

R5 gloating a little ? It's counterintuitive to us living in a consumerist society. We expect the brand new Rolls Royce to cost more...

Seems to me we're close to a human-relations insight / metaphor here. The stiff-arm requires less commitment than the embrace. Trump is...

I don't think so but why should that matter?

One advantage of living in New Mexico is stores like El Super and Mesquite Grocery Store that sell local or Mexican products with little...