Summary
A FEW YEARS AGO, I wondered why popular products I liked - Rise shaving cream for example - seemed to disappear from store shelves. My late and much loved friend, the cartoonist Herblock, wrote me that he had the same experience and was similarly mystified. Now we have an explanation, thanks to Margaret Webb-Pressler of The Washington Post. Stores are paid to display certain products. The payments are called "slotting fees." They have become standard in the supermarket industry. If the fee is not paid, the product is not on the shelf. Excuse me, but doesn't that sound like bribery?
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Slotting Fees a Lot Like Bribes
In our last issue of The Washington Monthly, I discussed the fact that most of the CIA's agents operate under diplomatic cover. This means that where we don't have an embassy, we're less li...
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