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Apr.19
9:16 AM ET
Thursday, 19 Apr 2007
Spa Biz & Restaurant Biz
Good News for the Spa Biz: We Love Manicures More Than Our Own Children
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Restaurant Biz in China Sells Food... Forces You to Eat It
Were you raised like me, threatened with punishment or guilt if you didn't clear your plate? "Think of those poor, hungry kids in India and China." Now those "kids" have grown up and done quite well, thank you very much! In fact, the tables have turned. Some Chinese are being threatened with punishment if they don't eat everything on THEIR plates.
According to The Christian Science Monitor, a third of the waste going into landfills in Hong
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But wait! There's more. One restaurant is now charging $.64 per ounce of leftovers. Another charges $1.28 per leftover sushi. Actually, that's something the Cheesecake Factory [CAKE Loading... (%)
The Hong Kong restaurants charging for leftovers now find "their food costs have lowered; people don't want so much." Excuse me, doesn't that also cut into profits? Am I missing something here?
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