“Small business is the gateway to opportunity for those who want a piece of the American dream... Well, wouldn't it be nice to hear a little more about the forgotten heroes of America - those who create most of our new jobs, like the owners of stores down the street; the faithfuls who support our churches, synagogues, schools, and communities; the brave men and women everywhere who produce our goods, feed a hungry world, and keep our families warm while they invest in the future to build a better America? That's where miracles are made, not in Washington, D.C.” MenWorldWantWellsLittlesMadeDreamSchoolJobsAmericaOpportunityCommunityChurchSupportPiecesNiceStreetsProduceHeroMen And WomenMiracleBraveForgottenWarmStoresHungryFaithfulOur FamilyOwnersGoodsAmerican DreamBeing NiceSmall BusinessBrave ManNew JobGatewaysSynagogueContribution To SocietySchools And Community Author:Ronald Reagan
“Despite the fact that Starbucks has grown to be a large company. We've always played music in our stores and has always acted as an opportunity to create a mood in our stores. And customers started asking, "What song are you playing and can I buy that?" . And we said "No." And that was kind of the catalyst for beginning to look at music. We started out with our own compilations and after the success of that. We had the courage to say, "Let's produce our own record." and the first record was with Ray Charles before he unfortunately passed away.” FirstsLooksKindSaidFactsSongOpportunityCompanyRecordsProduceAskingCustomersStoresMoodDespiteRaysCatalystPassed AwayStarbucksCompilationLarge Companies Author:Howard Schultz
“Stock up your pantry and your freezer with things that aren't perishable: Your favorite jar of tomato sauce that lists "tomato" as the first ingredient, lots of grains, olive oils, vinegars, tomato pastes, onions, shallots. When you go to the store, you only have to pick up meats and produce.” FirstsProducePicksOilStoresListsMeatIngredientsGrainSauceJarsOnionsTomatoesOlivesYour FavoriteVinegarOlive OilPantryFreezer Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store. A superior grocery store is the mark of a good man.” MenProduceMarkStoresSuperiorsGood ManSectionsGroceriesRipeBananasGrocery Stores Author:Stanley Tucci
“Nature has put itself the problem how to catch in flight light streaming to the earth and to store the most elusive of all powers in rigid form. To achieve this aim, it has covered the crust of earth with organisms which in their life processes absorb the light of the sun and use this power to produce a continuously accumulating chemical difference. ... The plants take in one form of power, light; and produce another power, chemical difference.” UseProblemLightEarthFormProcessDifferencesSunAchieveProduceAimPlantStoresFlightCoveredChemicalsOrganismsElusiveStreamingPhotosynthesis Author:Robert Mayer
“We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one of the best predictors of your health. And in the inner city, people don't have grocery stores. They have to get on a bus and take a long ride to get to a source of fresh produce.” PeopleKnowsLongCitiesProduceSourceDistanceStoresDesertBusGroceriesGrocery StoresInner CitySuppliers Author:Michael Pollan
“We [H&M] believe that growth, profit and sustainability are not contradictory. Our ambition is to be a fair and profitable company, because otherwise we couldn't open any new stores, we couldn't produce new designs and no new jobs would be created. H&M would soon cease to exist.” BelieveWould BeJobsGrowthCompanyDesignProduceAmbitionFairsProfitStoresCeaseSustainabilityProfitableContradictoryNew Job Author:Karl-Johan Persson
“Gambling drains the economy by taking money away from grocery stores and retail businesses and putting it in the hands of an industry that produces no product” HandsEconomyProduceProductsIndustryStoresGamblingGroceriesDrainsGrocery StoresRetailRetail Business Author:John Warren Kindt
“Israel produces and stores chemical weapons. So therefore the US will prevent the Chemical Weapons Convention from being imposed on the Middle East. But it's necessary to evade this by misrepresenting the convention, and I think maybe 100 percent of the media, or close to it, go along. But that's a critical issue. Actually, Syria's chemical weapons were developed largely as a deterrent to Israeli nuclear weapons. Also, not mentioned.” ThinkingIssuesMiddleMediaProduceWeaponsPercentIsraelCriticalEastStoresNuclearChemicalsConventionsMiddle EastNuclear WeaponsSyriaIsraeliDeterrentChemical Weapons Author:Noam Chomsky
“We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to buy because it's not perfect looking. Frankly, the stuff left to rot in the storeroom is more beautiful to me than the perfect carrot. I'm a gnarly carrot kind of guy.” NeedsKindBeautifulGuyLeftStuffPerfectFiguresProduceCustomersStoresHarvestNot PerfectCarrotsGnarly Author:Mario Batali
“Stores don't order merchandise unless they think they can sell it right away. Manufacturers and builders don't produce unless they have buyers lined up. My business contacts describe this as a paradigm shift and they believe it's permanent.” ThinkingBelieveOrderProduceSellsStoresContactPermanentParadigmBuilderBuyersParadigm ShiftMerchandise Author:Janet Yellen