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Default Trader Joe's Two Buck Chuck, the real story.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 13:17:51 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
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>> I kind of admire the guy. He brings wine to the masses. Franzia's goal
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>> is that everyone should be able to drink wine. My expectations of $2
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>> wine differ a bit from the $15+ stuff.
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>> Near as I can tell, he's done a good job of employing people, buying
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>> equipment and supplies and even getting a poor guy laid after a dinner
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>> and bottle of cheap wine. Life is good.

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>Never even HEARD of this wine. And, how come it's never a poor WOMAN who gets laid......oh, that's right, we're just the toolbox.


Bronco is supposedly the worlds largest wine maker but they sell over
20 different brands. It was part of a "Modern Marvels" show a while
back and they gave a good idea of how it all works. I'm thinking it
was something like 3 million cases a year.