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...Shastri has also asked city dwellers to raise whatever food they can. "A well-kept garden should be a matter of pride to every household," he says. Obeying his own advice, he dutifully had his own lawn dug up and planted in wheat. There is also a drive to stamp out rodents and pests that currently devour 10% of India's grain. The government is discouraging persons from making grain sacrifices to the gods. Food rationing will begin in New Delhi this week and will be extended to all major cities...
...scheme is to collect enough S. & H. Green Stamps to make a hefty down payment on a private plane for Jones. Heading the stamp drive is Jones's wife, Syble, high priestess of the Klan's women's auxiliary in nearby Salisbury. At Klan klatsches, Syble reminds the white-robed sisters that hub by and his Klan kohorts could do much more for the cause if they had wings-and then asks the ladies to hand over their stamp books...
...average supermarket stocks more than 6,000 items, but none has lately been more advertised or scrutinized than the final one tucked into many shopping bags: the trading stamp. As their contracts with stamp companies expired, several big merchants recently dropped the stamps and announced that they would lower prices. Stop & Shop Stores wiped out stamps in 73 New England markets. A & P cut them out in Michigan, and Safeway Stores eliminated them in Arizona. In New York City, two chains with 162 stores between them last month threw out all stamps, plastered newspapers with DOWN GO PRICES...
Sophisticated & Mobile. Introduced in supermarkets in volume 15 years ago, stamps have been a source of controversy ever since. They proved to be remarkable promotions for the grocers who offered them first; they more than made up in increased business for the 2% of gross sales that they cost. As more stores stocked stamps, however, the competitive advantage vanished-while the fixed cost of stamps remained. Says Waldbaum's Supermarkets President Ira Waldbaum, whose 62 New York stores, along with the 100-store Daitch-Shopwell Supermarkets, dropped stamps last month: "We found that the cost of stamps was becoming...
Inspiring Salesmen. Supermarkets account for about 45% of the $900 million annual business done by stamp companies (among whom, ten giants led by S. & H. account for 90% of stamp distribution). The total of stamp outlets has increased, but the number of supermarkets distributing stamps has decreased. To offset supermarket losses, the stamp companies have been cultivating new clients. Sperry & Hutchinson, which reported a 5% increase in first-half sales, also had a 29% jump in sales of stamps to 4,000 corporations, including Westinghouse, RCA and Du Pont. The stamps are used as incentives for salesmen or safety awards...