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...Rather than giving guests individual bottles of bath amenities like many other hotels, Solem’s bed and breakfasts buy shampoo, lotion, and soap in bulk and offer them in refillable dispensers...
...goods to the auction houses once they know they're not going to sell them in the store. For example Clyde DeHart, owner of DeHart's Auction Service in Carlisle, Pa., takes "scratch n' dent" items from a nearby BJ's Wholesale Club store. Since BJ's sells in bulk, if one can of corn gets smashed in the truck, the whole case can't be displayed in the store. So DeHart takes the case, throws out the bad can, and auctions off the rest. If, say, a bag of Iams dog food gets ripped, DeHart will tape...
...Costco operates under this simple principle: the more, the better. So if you're looking to stock up on food for the looming exam season, you can buy bulk through Market...
...hoping to prod politicians and arouse popular anger over untoward spending. CAGW argues that lawmakers circumvent the budget allocation process by sneaking funding for hometown projects into large appropriations bills. This is not entirely untrue, but without investigating the merits of each project - and instead condemning them all in bulk - it's a little hard to take the Pig Book at face value. Still, the book and CAGW's online database are good resources for constituents who want to find out which projects in their communities got the attention of their representatives in Washington...
...Nick enters one of the enclosed wooden cubes and firmly pushes away a horse, which lazily shifts its bulk aside to let him through. “Who left the windows open?” Nick says, shutting the window in the back of the stall as he shudders. “This is silly!” He noisily kisses Pinocho on the head, and the grey gelding stares back with bulbous eyes, steam issuing from his nostrils...