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March 6, 2003

Food industry scandals may pay off at checkout

  • A crackdown on promotional deals for retailers should lower costs for manufacturers and consumers.
    • By RACHEL BECK
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK -- Could accounting scandals actually save you money? Maybe not in the stock market, but at your local supermarket.

    Far-fetched as it seems, the recent rash of troubles in the food business could well result in better deals for shoppers on everything from chips to cereal to cookies.


     
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