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 From: johnl@iecc.com 
  
 >I think the profit margin for a standard grocery store is about 5%. 
 >Financial reports from Whole Foods looks like their profit margin is 
 >more like 100%+. 
  
 I looked it up, it's 3.64%.  That's still high for the grocery biz 
 where Kroger and Safeway are both under 2%. 
  
 > I'd rather get organic stuff from a roadside stand, vice shipping it 
 > all the way across the country from CA. 
  
 Wouldn't we all.  But it's hard here in the parts of the country that 
 are covered with snow for four months every year. 
  
 R's, 
 John 
  
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