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...businesses are also springing up: EatZi's is a Dallas-based HMR supermarket developed by Brinker International that is expanding nationally. For those without time to shop, personal chefs who cook and run are springing into action to save us from a hot stove. "When I come home, I realize we have nothing for dinner, and I don't feel like cooking," says Lisa Bradlow, 33, a publicist in New York City. "It's easier to buy a roast chicken and pop it into the oven. If my husband and I have three home-cooked meals...
...ready-to-eat or ready-to-heat package. "We offer traditional food that people would cook at home if they had the time or the inclination," says Keith Robinson, chief marketing officer at Boston Market. "It's convenient, accessible, pretty affordable and easier than going to the supermarket. Our competition is Mom." Well, not quite. The 1,159-store nationwide franchise hatched a host of imitators that have added chickens roasting on spits and homey side dishes to their menus...
...secret has been to knock down the wall between its online business and its 5 million regular account holders, giving everyone access to the entire range of products and services available at the firm. These include round-the-clock, dial-up brokers and technical support, and a financial supermarket that offers 1,500 different mutual funds...
...small town of Lake Placid, Florida, where Archbold is located, contains 27 lakes, and its main industries are citrus growing, ranching and the production of caladium flowers, a flower almost exclusive to the region. It is a town where art along the local supermarket wall can rivet visiting students' attention. The mural, which depicts a scene of cattle ranching, emits a loud mooing noise accompanied by sounds of stampeding cattle every few minutes...
...integrated ecological and social objectives for the area. Divided into three teams of three students each to tackle the project, groups quickly split up to gather more information about the town and its surroundings. Daniel A. Montilla '99 and K. Valentine Cadieux '98 spent three hours in the local supermarket, talking to area residents about their views on ecology and the local community. Mary M. Berlik '99 and Thomas Y. Kuo '99 interviewed the head of the Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce to learn about the economy, and special student Amina Ismail and teaching fellow Lauren Alexander posed as prospective...