Word: supermarketeering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Four weeks ago, Clarence Jackson got his first break since he ordered the tools from Sears. He was back in the supermarket business, having landed a $1.40-an-hour job as a carry...
Twelve years ago, Clarence Jackson was a prospering Phoenix, Ariz., businessman. He owned an entire city block with only a small mortgage remaining. On the block stood a bar and a large supermarket, which he and his wife operated. There were also a few stores, houses and a gas station, which he rented out. Jackson figured the whole package was worth at least $250,000, and there was some still-vacant land on which he had just decided to build a motel. Things were looking good. In his wildest nightmares, Jackson could not have guessed what luck, lawyers...
...every slum, the chronically hard up residents actually pay more for most goods than do wealthier whites in better neighborhoods. During a brief outburst of rioting in Watts last year, the arsonists' first target was a supermarket chain that habitually stocked the shelves of its slum stores with scraggly meat and wilted vegetables that white customers had rejected in other outlets. In Detroit's slums, a 5-lb. bag of flour costs 14? more than in fashionable Grosse Pointe, Mich., peas 12? more per can, eggs up to 250 more per dozen. A television set selling...
...calls for loading Arab leaders aboard buses for tours through Israel to see rural and urban development. A typical stop is the 36-story Shalom Tower skyscraper, where the Arabs can see unmistakable refutation of Cairo Radio's claim that Tel Aviv lies in ruins. Visits to a supermarket draw a standard query: "How do you prevent stealing...
...orgy is expected to be brief, but the consequences of last week's decision will not be. Doctors and dentists are already complaining that cheaper candy will broaden waistlines and decay teeth. Beyond that, lower supermarket prices will probably mean an end to many of the 60,000 little neighborhood shops, which include sweets among their sundries, and last year accounted for 48% of Britain's candy sales. Most important, the candy case is the first in a series on the docket of the Restrictive Practices Court. The court is now scheduled to rule on price fixing...