Word: potatoe
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Consumers nationwide should be able to decide for themselves by 1998. And they will have something else to consider besides the label's warning. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a 14-oz. bag of regular Ruffles potato chips costs $2.99. A 13-oz. bag of MAX Ruffles in the same store sells...
...There was this employee in a restaurant in Harvard Square," Tripp says of a recent medical emergency. "One of the cooks got his hand caught in a potato-masher; there was mashed-potato and blood all over the wall...
Maine is still mostly rural, and its people--from the potato farmers of Aroostook County to the lobstermen of the choppy Atlantic--retain a well-developed delight in the American gift of independence. Once the barometer of the country--"As Maine goes, so goes the nation"--the Pine Tree State has become a bit of a political aberration: there are more minor-party or unaffiliated voters there than either registered Republicans or Democrats. In 1992 a third of Maine's voters opted for third-party presidential candidate Ross Perot, and in 1994 each of its congressional districts switched parties...
Despite sales of $2.1 billion and 12 companies in 20 countries, Beatrice remains largely unknown to American consumers. It is the leading seller of potato chips in Ireland and a top vendor of ice cream in Spain. Beatrice also owns the largest supermarket chain in Paris. Its problem is that while profitable, the company has to devote a large chunk of its cash flow to covering its debt. In the meantime, bigger and badder global competitors, including Nestle and Unilever, are moving in for the kill...
...illegal stock promoters in New York. The FBI, U.S. Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission and National Association of Securities Dealers collaborated to knock out a ring of hustlers who use high-pressure sales tactics to dump inflated stocks on unwary investors. Who was in charge? "That's a hot potato," an official confides...