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Closure of potato factory has an industry worried
The Corvallis Gazette Times ^
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004
| The Associated Press
Posted on 03/10/2004 12:22:40 PM PST by Willie Green
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625 Jobs Lost.
To: farmfriend
ping
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:23:25 PM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
Mad Cow Disease strikes the economy.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:25:36 PM PST
by
petitfour
To: Willie Green
McDonalds drops supersizing, fries factories founder.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:26:08 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: Willie Green
625 Jobs Lost Willie time for you to preach that all people who follow Atkins be tarred and feathered.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:27:51 PM PST
by
Dane
To: Willie Green
Don’t those Left Coast people care about jobs?
Don’t those Left Coast people care about the misery they are causing?
EAT SPUDS! Forget fad diets!
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:29:27 PM PST
by
R. Scott
To: Willie Green
Problem: These french fries factories MAINLY supply firms such as McDonalds and Burger King. Too bad not enough of us have the habit of eating boiled or mashed potatoes or potato salad. In other words, these jobs are lost because the market doesn't require their product as much anymore.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:30:06 PM PST
by
Bismarck
To: Willie Green
In a related story, Chinese potato factories are now stepping up their potato production.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:31:25 PM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
To: Willie Green
625 Jobs Lost. 625 more people who will someday die
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:31:42 PM PST
by
woofie
( 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.)
To: R. Scott
Don’t those Left Coast people care about jobs?
Don’t those Left Coast people care about the misery they are causing?
EAT SPUDS! Forget fad diets! Actually it isn't leftie Hollywood types not eating potatoes. It is conservatives following Atkins. Look up Atkins on the FR search engine.
Hvaen't touched a potato in 2 months and am 20 pounds lighter.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:32:27 PM PST
by
Dane
To: petitfour
low carb diets strike the economy.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:35:19 PM PST
by
Dead Dog
To: Willie Green
What a waste. Can't they send these things to some starving country that needs it?
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:36:37 PM PST
by
cyborg
(In die begin het God die hemel en die aarde geskape.)
To: Willie Green
Not really a surprise.
I expect it's really hard for a potato factory to compete with potato farms. You know how hard they are to assemble.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:38:51 PM PST
by
Dinsdale
To: cyborg
Why are the potato farmers not BUYING the plant?(ever heard of a co-op?)
To: kaktuskid
True. Not everyone is on the low carb diet and I'm sure some money can be made instead of letting food go to waste.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:41:00 PM PST
by
cyborg
(In die begin het God die hemel en die aarde geskape.)
To: Bismarck
Ah, and just last week McDonalds stated that they were removing "super-sized" items from their menu. Fewer fries, fewer fat people, fewer jobs, etc.
It's the consumer's fault! /sarcasm
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:41:26 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals. --- Kahlil Gibran)
To: Willie Green
Went to grade school with old man Simplot's oldest son.
Even in the early 60's they had so much money you wouldn't believe it. Now it is hard to count that high and I can count pretty good.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:41:29 PM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: Bismarck
Indeed. I cannot have sympathy for anyone who based his business on the execreble frozen french fry. I grew up with french fries freshly made with fresh potatoes. Best ones I ever had were in Klamath Falls, made by my Aunts from their own potatoes grown on the ranch. But, even the local K Falls hamburger joints made french fries far superior to anything I've had commercially since. Even at home, we made fresh french fries until the mid-'60s.
The advent of the frozen french fry, for convenience and for the fast food industry represents another example of what Clifton Fadiman once said about pasteurized process cheese: it represents the triumph of technology over conscience.
Bah!
When french fries are fresh, I'll eat them. When frozen, I'll leave them to those who like hot greasy cardboard.
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:41:53 PM PST
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo [Gallia][Germania][Arabia] Esse Delendam --- Select One or More as needed)
To: Willie Green
You should change your handle to
"MoreBadNews(andsometimeshigh-speedrail)WillieGreen"
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:42:36 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(What tagline, whose tagline, where the hell did I tagline?)
To: Willie Green
625 Jobs Lost. Bush knew!
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posted on
03/10/2004 12:42:57 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
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