A local supermarket manager once told me that even though the cheap little lab doesn't make much money - some months none - it keeps the customers in the store shopping while waiting for their prints.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 8/26/2005 12:46:26 PM > Subject: RE: The Nature of Film's Final Throes > > > > > A new supermarket just opened a few miles from here. I was > > curious to see if it would have a 1-hour photo lab. It did, > > but I'm wondering if the topic elicited much discussion in > > the board room beforehand :) If the machine is leased then > > it's probably not a big deal to them. > > > > I should think it is. Retailers think about the return per square foot, and > if something like a photo lab isn't bringing in the money then they put > something there that will, pretty damn quick. Like bananas. The only things > in a supermarket that are allowed to lose money are the goods that will make > people go elsewhere if you don't stock them. Like baked beans. > > Bob
