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...example, Flickinger's research shows that at a group of WinCo Foods stores in California, the Western grocery chain carried 34 different sizes of detergent brands like Sun, Arm & Hammer, Surf and Gain. Neighboring Walmarts only carried 10 of these sizes. Further, of the 10 brand packages both stores sold, WinCo was cheaper on five of them. Two carried the same price, and Walmart offered better prices on three of the detergent packages. Of the 32 different sizes of Kellogg's cereal brands offered by WinCo, Walmart carried just seven. Of the brands both stores sold, WinCo was cheaper...
...biggest thrill though, was not the wins but rather California itself...
...were just so excited to be in California. It took a little bit of adjustment to remember how to play in an outdoor pool,” Kennifer said. “The sun’s different, the wind’s different, but it was a great team atmosphere, since we were sucking up the Vitamin D, and we were so excited to be here...
...looking at just a few more months of work in the pipeline. Then he won the Hornsby Bend contract. Now the company is fielding job applications from people 200 miles away and is creating business for other firms, from the equipment maker Caterpillar to R&R Industries, a California outfit that makes yellow safety vests and just sold a couple hundred of them to Matous...
...cubicles packed with toys and rock-band posters, people in T-shirts and jeans are hard at work creating a video game that someday will be played online by thousands of people at a time. It takes years to produce such a complex game, representing a major investment for California-based Electronic Arts. Why is this happening in Austin? Simple. "The talent pool is here," says local BioWare studio co-head Gordon Walton...