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This wide availability triggers impulse buying. Says Flor Deleo, president of the Miami Flower Exchange: "You walk into a supermarket, see the flowers, and they're attractive and inexpensive. You grab a bottle of wine for $2.99. What's $2.99 more for a nice bouquet of flowers?" Trying to cash in on impulse purchases, 7-Eleven convenience stores in South Florida sell single long-stemmed roses alongside the soft drinks and beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sunny Days for Flower Sales | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

Elsroth died after taking two capsules Saturday from a bottle of Extra-Strength Tylenol purchased at an A&P supermarket in Bronxville. Authorities say they believe those capsules contained potassium cyanide; three other poisoned capsules were found in the bottle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 2 Tylenol Bottles Contain Same Cyanide | 2/15/1986 | See Source »

They would not have seemed out of place at a supermarket check-out counter or standing in line to see a movie. They could have come together by chance just about anywhere in the U.S. Nothing odd here, in this assemblage of sexes and ethnic strains and religions, except maybe the extraordinary American experiment in equality inching forward, for the nation and the world to see, and being taken largely for granted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seven Who Flew for All of Us | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...coupons are printed out. They can then be redeemed at the checkout counter as usual. For each of its products listed, the manufacturer must pay a weekly charge of $10 per store to Coupon Systems, which installs the machines. The company gives a percentage of its revenues to the supermarket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes Feb 3,1986 | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...fooled about what is going to happen each step of the way in Natty Gann. We know Walt Disney too well to think that we will leave the movie in tears. Unlike the New England Patriots who constantly surprise intelligent people with their victories, this film reads like a supermarket counter pulp novel...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Disney What? | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

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