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Hot in recession: Chocolate, running shoes, Spam
news.yahoo.com ^
| 29 mins ago
| DEB RIECHMANN
Posted on 05/16/2009 2:33:10 PM PDT by JoeProBono
WASHINGTON It's not all doom and gloom in the U.S. economy. Some products are bucking the recession and flying off store shelves. Sales of chocolate and running shoes are up. Wine drinkers haven't stopped sipping; they just seem to be choosing cheaper vintages. Gold coins are selling like hot cakes. So are gardening seeds. Tanning products are piling up in shopping carts; maybe more people are finding color in a bottle than from sun-worshipping on a faraway beach. Strong sales of Spam, Dinty Moore stew and chili helped Hormel Foods Corp. post a 6 percent increase in first quarter sales in its grocery products unit. Consumers have trimmed household budgets and postponed buying cars, major appliances and other big-ticket items. Yet they still are willing to shell out for small indulgences and goods that make life more comfortable at home, where they are spending more time. Recession shoppers also are drawn to items that make them feel safe, both personally and financially.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chocolate; economy; france; phaliately; philatelic; recession; spam; stamps
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/16/2009 2:34:45 PM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(Increasingly mulling Newt.)
To: All
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posted on
05/16/2009 2:36:14 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Artemis Webb
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posted on
05/16/2009 2:40:57 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Also Hot:
1) Guns
2) Business cards
3) Hooters
4) Auto repair shops
5) Toner recycling
To: JoeProBono
I tried spam once. Actually liked it pretty well. I think I like wine and chocolate more, though.
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posted on
05/16/2009 2:52:53 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: mysterio
Chocolate running shoes
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:02:53 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono; nctexan; MassachusettsGOP; paudio; ronnie raygun; Minette; fieldmarshaldj; untenured; ..
*** FRENCH POLITICS AND CULTURE PING LIST *** FREEPMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ***
If there is a PHILATELIC LIST , PLEASE COPY.
FRANCE ISSUES STAMP SERIES HONORING HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE!
In France, chocolate making, and chocolate eating are part of the French culture; the French call it "patrimoine". The French make some of the world's most delicious, and beautiful chocolates.
The French Post Office will issue a series of stamps honoring Choclate, and the makers of chocolate. The date of issue is May 25, for any interested FReeper stamp collectors.
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:03:20 PM PDT
by
Cincinna
(TIME TO REBUILD * PALIN * JINDAL * CANTOR 2012)
To: JoeProBono
Never though I’d eat a shoe, but I could always reconsider, lol.
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:04:04 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Cincinna
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:12:00 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Cincinna
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:12:00 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Cincinna
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:12:19 PM PDT
by
jla
To: JoeProBono
Thanks for posting the beautiful poster.
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:19:34 PM PDT
by
Cincinna
(TIME TO REBUILD * PALIN * JINDAL * CANTOR 2012)
To: Cincinna
Those commemorative stamps look edible!
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:35:43 PM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is not 'free'.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:37:25 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: JoeProBono
From the article “Condom sales up 5%” Somebody is getting scr*wed...
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:44:53 PM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
To: RichInOC
UMMmmmmm SPAM!
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posted on
05/16/2009 3:49:25 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Cincinna
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posted on
05/16/2009 6:03:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: Cincinna
Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t Jewish refugees (from the inquisition in Spain) in the city of Bayonne (that’s France, not New Jersey) responsible for popularizing chocolate in France?
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posted on
05/17/2009 11:20:38 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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