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...many local ingredients as possible, and has initiated a number of waste-reducing initiatives to reduce its environmental footprint. Local produce, for instance, has many benefits that most undergraduates frequently ignore. Besides the fact that locally grown produce is invariably fresher and tastier than the same stuff grown in Mexico, buying locally supports local agriculture. It also substantially reduces the fossil-fuel consumption necessary for transport...
...Chef and the owner of the Craft restaurants in New York City and Los Angeles, says food costs still make up 28% to 32% of an entrée's price--only now that means some of his entrées are $50. "The high-end restaurants are looking for stuff made by the small farmer, and this stuff just costs more money," he says. "If you have a small farmer that makes 40 chickens a week, it's going to cost more than a factory farm that's making 4,000 chickens a week...
...didn't get the memo. Around the pricey platter, lower-cost merchandise has sold briskly, and Scott is seeing evidence that Wal-Mart's attempt to move up the fashion/design/price ladder still has a way to go. It's not clear whether shoppers simply won't buy higher-priced stuff at Wal-Mart or, as happened in apparel, it's the wrong stuff on the shelves. "It just doesn't work," he is muttering while acknowledging the problem: "How do you move an entire company across this category?" Answer: "You've got to be smart...
...that included the designer having to be high-end and have had a showing at a fashion week like New York, Toyko or Paris,†Parent says. “The first call we got came from Issey Miyake, which is a very successful brand with beautiful stuff.â€The show will include seven collections from professional designers, including Gemma Kahng, Chris Han, and Twinkle by Wenlan, all of whom showed at New York Fashion Week.“A common misconception is that this is an Asian fashion show that will feature things like interpretations...
...strippers, the Cincinnati Bengals and their voluminous arrests. But like it or not, in America the icons rule. With the Patriots and Colts so superior in the NFL right now, and Brady and Manning so much the face of those franchises, fans take a little pass on that other stuff. And just look at the other non-criminals at the top of their games. Old-man Favre, an all-time good guy, is enjoying a revival in Green Bay. LaDainian Tomlinson of the Chargers is all class. Heck, even Terrell Owens has behaved (so far) this year...