Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux
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On 03/30/07 12:06, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 10:58 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
>> Michael A. Marsh writes:
>>> In that case, it's an economy of scale. Most people want white bread, so
>>> bread companies buy a lot more white flour than whole grain.
>> That was probably true decades ago but I think that these days the
>> whole-wheat market is large enough that the cost differences are minimal.
>
> We have 3 bread factories and one "Keebler" here in town. They get the
> bulk flour in via train cars, then transfer it to trucks then into the
> factory. It takes 3 Trucks to empty and transfer a single train car.
>
> Ratio of White flour to Wheat flour? What do you guess?
>
> 6-7 white flour train cars to 1 Wheat flour. We are talking 160,000
> pounds each train car. Each car being a 100 ton car.
>
> Or how about the fact that the "Wonder-Bread" factory in Indianapolis
> still only receives white flour?
>
> What about the "Keebler" factory here in town? Well they make cookies
> and bread. Hugely slants the ratio to white flour, so I don't really
> now.
Not only that, but
1) whole wheat breads are typically more than just
s/white/whole wheat/
2) whole wheat breads spoil quicker (higher oil content)
3) consumers of whole wheat breads are typically higher-income than
white bread, meaning sellers can charge more.
[snip]
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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