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Then there has been a dramatic decline in U.S. consumption. Faced with costs that drove even snackbar brew to 350 a cup and above, many Americans cut down on coffee. According to a 1977 survey by the National Coffee Association in three U.S. cities, consumption in the four months of March through June was 22% below last year's level. Result: roasters and wholesalers, who had stockpiled reserves in anticipation of even higher prices, have found themselves stuck with large inventories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRICES: Finally, a Coffee Brake | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

...food at the MFA snackbar is awful and overpriced...

Author: By Kathy Garrett, | Title: GALLERIES | 1/16/1975 | See Source »

Another headache for Ogden was ABC Consolidated, a food-service firm that sells sandwiches, soft drinks, popcorn and other snacks in thousands of moviehouses, factories and sports centers, including the cavernous Pittsburgh Civic Arena. It also operates two snackbar chains, Nedick's in New York City and Doggie Diners in San Francisco. ABC, which Ogden acquired in 1967, quickly overexpanded into full-service restaurants and in 1970 lost almost $5,000,000. "We eventually identified $40 million worth of business that was not worth having," says Ablon. Ogden sold off the losers and raised earnings by folding ABC into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGLOMERATES: Winning Wallflower | 4/2/1973 | See Source »

...place where you could take your parents to dinner and tell them that they're getting local color. It has everything from baked beans and franks to a five-dollar filet mignon. ZumZum is designed to be more of a meeting-place or after-the-movie snackbar. But few people would want to meet in such a clean well-lighted place; with all the sausages hanging around like overgrown tonsils it reminds me of an operating room. Also, of course, the bright lighting makes it impossible to see anyone outside, the best feature of the Pewter...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Zum-Zum, UR | 5/8/1969 | See Source »

...local merchants. Taking a break, he eats a candy bar or sips a Coke which the PX has bought in the province. After hours, he catches a local bus, takes his local girl to a local movie, and buys her coffee and doughnuts or beer at a local snackbar or tavern. Housing, feeding and entertaining American G.I.s has become Newfoundland's fourth largest industry-after fisheries, forestry and mining-with an annual income well over $10 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Fourth Industry | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

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