Last week I searched the grocery store, without success, for a brand of pretzels I knew had just gone on sale. I asked the nice young man about the pretzels. “Those are on sale this week,” he replied. “We don’t Read More …
Lost Sales
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Food Stamps Approach The 21st Century
My daughter loves to cook and she forces everyone in her home (including the dog) to eat healthy. For example, the step kids like chicken nuggets, so, she makes them from scratch – even sneaking shredded cauliflower and carrots into Read More …
Twenty Years Without Change
Remember capitalism? Market a needed product at a fair price and treat your workers well enough that they remain loyal. That formula is so dead.
The Little Things
I cooked Saturday’s dinner on the grill, in part to keep the kitchen cooler, and, well I like to grill. Nothing elaborate, just boneless chicken, sourdough bread buttered and garlicked, broccoli, and, cut-up fruit. Still, the base meal cost around Read More …
American Con Games
The frail looking white haired woman waited, in the airline’s wheelchair, for pre-boarding for the flight from Houston to St. Louis. She never smiled as the young airline worker took her onto the jet. At Lambert the woman again had Read More …
Moonlight and Fireflies
The full moon cast shadows while hundreds upon hundreds of fireflies lit up the tangle of brush next to the creek. My late evening walk Wednesday night took me down Cliff Cave Road, towards the park. I walked that area Read More …