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Several other prefixes, including 800-484, 800-703, 800-744, and 800-904 are reserved by the FCC. NPA-911 is forbidden as 9-1-1 is an emergency telephone number . (This is less restrictive than the rules prohibiting all three-digit N-1-1 codes as exchanges in all geographic area codes.)
1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. [1] is a floral and foods gift retailer and distribution company in the United States. The company's focus, except for Mother's Day and Valentine's Day, is on gift baskets. They also use the name 1-800-Baskets.com. [1] Their use of "coyly self-descriptive telephone numbers" is part of founder James McCann's business ...
The interior of a Fresh Market store. The Fresh Market was founded by Ray and Beverly Berry on March 5, 1982, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first store was opened in the former Bi-Rite store at the corner of Lawndale Dr. and Pisgah Church Rd. [4] The Berrys' idea was to develop a better grocery store that brought back the feeling of open European-style markets. [5]
Fei Long Market (New York) Fresh International Market, Pan-Asian and international supermarket chain (Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina) [3] [4] Galleria Market (southern California) – Korean American; Global Food International (Maryland, Virginia)
Associated Food Stores was founded in 1940 by Donald P. Lloyd, president of the Utah Retail Grocers Association along with 34 Utah retailers. Concerned with the effect that large corporate stores would have on small independent retailers, he felt the only way these small businesses could survive is if they united and faced the competition as one, therefore increasing their collective buying power.
[22] [23] Okra is grown throughout the state to some degree, so okra is available ten months of the year. [22] Yields range from less than 18,000 pounds per acre (20,000 kg/ha) to over 30,000 pounds per acre (34,000 kg/ha). [22] Wholesale prices can go as high as $18/bushel which is $0.60 per pound ($1.3/kg). [22]
According to Consumers' Checkbook magazine, PCC's prices for the limited number of comparable items available were higher than the big-chain average. [9] [10] However, the quality of PCC's fresh produce and meat received very high scores. The prices of organic food at PCC were about the same as the average prices at other stores in the Puget ...
[8] [9] After this initial publication, okra soup was commonly included in American cookbooks. [8] In the late 1800s, okra soup recipes were commonly published in The New York Times. [10] American okra soup can be prepared using canned, frozen, or fresh okra. [11] It is a traditional soup in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. [12]