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...jams, jellies and spreads category was also down, by a sharp 12.1%. That includes peanut butter; while you might expect people to eat more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches instead of steak during a typical recession, the salmonella outbreak likely dragged down the numbers. Canned seafood, down 13.3%, is a little harder to explain. In general, seafood costs more than other products, but if consumers are trading down to canned goods, one might think they'd be buying more of it in cans. (Read "Why We Buy the Products...
What's more, experts say bug spray and other lagging products shouldn't expect a rebound anytime soon. The back-to-basics movement is here to stay. "There's an interesting psychological effect happening right now," says DeMott. "It's permeating every consumer segment. People think they have to hunker down, no matter what their socioeconomic status." So start stocking your shelves. We're now a country of cocooners...
...available to perform, but they “were never officially considering Eve 6.” The concert, which will be open to Harvard undergraduates, will take place on a Sunday this year, as opposed to last year’s Saturday performance. Mee said he does not expect the Sunday date to affect turnout, as the concert was held on Sunday in its first iteration and still saw a large turnout. He added that it should be over by 9 p.m. Last year, pop-rock artist Gavin DeGraw and hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan performed...
...know what to expect,” Baise said. “When we need points, we know how to get them, and where to go. In the first half of the season, we were still figuring that out. When it’s 28-all, the questions are where do we go, what is the set, what play do we run. I think that’s the biggest difference...
...support those fears. Chicago public school officials report the number of its 405,000 students deemed homeless soared to 11,143 last month from 9,182 in February 2006. School officials in Hillsborough County, Fla., which includes Tampa, have so far counted some 1,700 homeless students - and expect the figure to eclipse last year's 2,020. Meanwhile, the surge in homeless families has overwhelmed Massachusetts' shelters, forcing state officials to book motel rooms for the displaced. In January, some 4,600 homeless children were reported in the state's shelters and motels, up from 3,411 from roughly...