February 27, 2004
Twenty Centuries of Scandal
Posted by nerdling | February 27, 2004 02:56 PM
After months of striking by workers—and my own personal boycott of my local Ralphs—the grocery strike may finally be coming to an end. I had already decided that, should the grocery chains fire all their employees at the end of the contract term, I would not return to any Ralphs, Vons, Pavilions or Albertsons again.
I probably won't go back even if they do end the strike and keep the workers, mostly because I am a creature of habit. I have already carved out a happy little grocery niche at Trader Joe's for most everything, and a non-striking market for everything else. Guess the big guys shot themselves in the foot letting things go on this long, huh?
Things appear to be getting better on the renewable fuels front, as well. Researchers in Minnesota have found a way to manufacture hydrogen using ethanol to produce a 33% higher yield, meaning the implementation of an efficient and renewable energy source could be in the near future.
