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...consumers have always talked healthier than they have eaten, and they have traditionally shown some resistance to the premiums they have had to pay for "healthy." And haven't snack-food companies like Pepsico proved that you can have it both ways: indulgent treats and "healthy" snacks, each commanding fat profit margins? Pepsi's Frito Lay North America division had 24% operating margins last year, easily exceeding Danone's 14% ops margins on fresh dairy products...
Perhaps it takes a very rich person to ignore very small things. In a week in which most of us were concentrating on such snack-size fare as whether Fred Thompson stumbled in his first presidential debate or how many hours Joe Torre, the weary manager of the New York Yankees, has left on the job, Paul Allen was concerning himself with decidedly larger matters--life in the cosmos, to be exact...
...that, Dale and Thomas is trying to re-create the magic that the coach felt in 2003, when he walked into Struhl and Demb's shop (then called Popcorn, Indiana). He was on his way to Madison Square Garden and stopped in for a snack. His first bite took him back to his childhood in Chicago. "I remember thinking, I have to be a part of this," Thomas says. "All of my fond memories come from everyone sitting around, telling stories and sharing a bowl of popcorn...
Until then, the company made most of its money selling tins of popcorn on the Web, but you can't eat a bowl with your kids online. "It's something people share," says co-founder Demb. "Popcorn is a snack food with a real emotional connection." Thomas' investment bankrolled a steady expansion--the company has opened up 12 stores over the past four years--while it has perfected its slightly hokey, down-home Midwestern look. Wooden barrels offer free samples in the front of the store, and big pots gleaming in the back remind customers that every kernel is popped...
...costs about $10, it’s a big-budget production, it’s not too taxing on the mind, the snacks are overpriced, and it’s a perfect way to escape the heat of summer for 90 minutes of frigid air-conditioning. That’s right—I’m talking about the museum blockbuster, that particular brand of glitzy exhibit put up each June and July in the world’s most renowned museums. Long, snaking lines for admission to the latest art shows prove that the summer blockbuster phenomenon isn?...