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...Unilever group. Unilever has taken a machete to its operations over the past three years, cutting the number of its brands by half to focus on 400 key products and shutting 83 of its 250 manufacturing facilities. Those efforts have widened its operating margins by 45%, and its earnings per share were up 27% last year, despite the sluggish economy. During Brabeck's tenure, Nestle has closed 156 factories, but it has acquired or opened 183 new ones, increasing the total to 516. And it continues to nurture some 8,000 product brands. That's about the same number...
...airline spends about $20 per passenger for food and beverages in economy, $40 in business class and $50 in first class. Industry experts estimate that this is at least 10% higher than industry averages. Dom Perignon flows in first, Piper Heidsieck in business; the ice creams in economy are Haagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry...
He’s also quick to note that he doesn’t actually drive his massive SUV (city fuel economy: 11-12 miles per gallon) to campus—just from his house south of Boston to a train station. “If you reduce your carbon footprint at the house, you can drive whatever you want,” Stilgoe says...
...every GM can legitimately make the same case: the Rangers wildly overpaid for him back then. How many division titles did the Rangers win with Rodriguez on the team? Zero. The Yankees traded for that contract after the '03 season (he was set to make about $27 million per year on the last three years of that deal before he opted out), and how many World Series titles did they win with A-Rod? Zero. Meanwhile, the Colorado Rockies and Cleveland Indians - one team the National League champ, the other one game from a pennant - invested in young, relatively cheap...
Still, hunters' donations remain constant staples at shelters and food banks. In Georgia, for example, thanks in part to the state's generous bag limit of 12 deer per year, venison steaks (not to mention venison burgers, lasagna and chili), are not only abundant, but well liked. "It's very popular and it's very similar to beef," says Sarah Robertson, who coordinates food donations at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the state's largest food bank, which distributes to more than 800 shelters each year. "It's been a huge...