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"Mike Avery" > wrote in message
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On 4/28/06, Dee Randall > wrote:

"Mike Avery" > wrote in message
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On 28 Apr 2006 06:54:58 -0700, Ed Bechtel > wrote:


>From the business end of things his strategy reminds me of the joke

where a guy loses 5 cents on every loaf, but he'll make up for it on
volume.

It all depends on his overhead. If his rent is low and he has few
employees, he could make a go of it. However, wholesaling bread is a very
tough business. I still have the scars to prove it.






> Article says he has no employees.




Actually, it says, "Except for a few deliverymen, Fallen is the only
employee." Hence my comment about few employees.

Mike




Thanks, Mike.
Dee