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According to the Food Marketing Institute, the supermarket industry's workforce of union and non-union personnel is almost three and a half million strong.
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When the first Piggly Wiggly opened for business on September 6, 1916, its shelves were stocked with just over 600 different items. The average checkout total was 96 cents, but a bottle of catsup cost only 8 cents.
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There are over 30 million shopping carts in the U.S.
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The first item barcode scanned in a supermarket checkout line was a pack of chewing gum on June 26, 1974. It is now on display in the Smithsonian Institution.
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Over three quarters of Americans use coupons to save about $3 billion dollars annually.
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Narrator: It's a half trillion dollar a year industry. Gargantuan warehouses, enormous fleets of trucks, hyper-productive processing plants, climate controlled banana ripening rooms and computerized shopping carts. All fueled by a variety of marketing strategies designed to keep us coming back for more. Now: The Supermarket, on Modern Marvels.
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Commentators: Tim Hammonds President & CEO, Food Marketing Institute John L. Stanton, PhD Saint Joseph's University Tom Nartker VP of Transportation, Safeway Jerry Tidwell Senior VP Supply Operations, Safeway Joey Kendall Order Selector, Safeway Paul Jhooty Bread Plant Manager, Safeway Randall Dei Director of Dairy Industry, Safeway Ron Brister Curator, Memphis Pink Palace Museum Bernard Kennedy CEO, King Kullen Grocery Company Hollis Posey Chairman, Next Retail Group Jan Jackman General Manager, IBM Retail On Demand Dorian D'Ausillio Event Manager, IBM Industry Solutions Lab Steve Michaelson President, FreshDirect Rick James Owner, Piggly Wiggly Memphis, TN Barbara Kahn, PhD The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Bruce Silverman Regional VP, Whole Foods Market Jim Palladino Team Member, Whole Foods Market Tara Nowell Team Member, Whole Foods Market
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