not see or even feel the undercurrents that a sweeping U.S. away...
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The LATimes provided U.S. with this provocative economic observation & forecast - that there is a very interesting reason WHY there are no increase in jobs now.
As the makers of buggy whips will tell you, if only they had been able to wait out the economy until Playboy and Penthouse!!!
We have a number of Freash N Easy small grocery stores down here in AZ. They are what they say they are - but everything is pre-packaged. And, you do the scannin and baggin.
When gas was cheap, they began to build, when gas got expensive they were affected more than most, but they survived, and are expanding again.
Not unlike Starbucks.
Adjust, and live another day.
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One, example: coffee beans.
Single estate, single region, fair trade, whole or ground beans, at less than add prices for Millstone, SBC, Tully's, or even Starbucks. And, less than the others "house label" bag coffee.
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Vending machines offer a broader array of items for sale
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Chart: Jobless claims, retailers' sales
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Retail jobs are disappearing as shoppers adjust to self-servicehttp://www.latimes.com/
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U.S. retail sales climb 4.2% in February
The increase, which beat expectations for a 3.6% rise compared with a year earlier, was spread across all major retail categories.
http://www.latimes.com/
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