Home delivery: the next essential service?

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Peapod's home-delivery services offer two-income families and others who are too pressed for time to do their own grocery shopping the means to have their shopping done for them and delivered at their doorsteps. Started in 1989 by Bob Nagle, Peapod posted $16 million in business volume in 1995 by delivering such thing as pharmaceuticals, sundries and groceries. The price is a percentage of subscribers weekly grocery bills, a $4.95 monthly fee and an Internet connection.

Telegraph & other communications, Specialized Telecom Services, Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Management, Online services, Internet services, Peapod Inc., Home delivery of goods, Home deliveries (Transportation)

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Top three timber producers lose profits in paper

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The dramatic drop in the price of paper resulted in lower 2d qtr 1996 sales and earnings of the top three domestic producers of pulp and lumber, Louisiana-Pacific, Weyerhaeuser and Georgia-Pacific. Pulp and lumber producers nationwide reaped huge windfalls in 1995 due to the strong demand that pushed the price of paper to unprecedented high levels. A levelling off of demand has ben reported as the cause for the drop in sales and earnings.

Sawmills, Sawmills and planing mills, general, Lumber, Finance, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Weyerhaeuser Co., GP, LPX, WY, Lumber industry

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Plumbing: low-flush toilets go high tech

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In 1994 the National Energy Policy Act imposed regulations on the design of toilets so that they would use less water, but these early-designed low-flush toilets were not very effective at flushing. Improvements were made to the toilets so that the trapways were larger and the tanks were higher. Water surface was enlarged to 10 inches by 11 inches, compared to 4 inches by 5 inches.

Plastics plumbing fixtures, Plastics Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing, Plastic Toilets, Product information, Design and construction, Plumbing industry, Plastic plumbing fixtures, Toilets

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