In article >,
David > wrote:

> I remember a commercial(?), where an employee had a great idea to
> save the company money. They put one less olive in each jar that they
> sold. Now, that does not sound like much, except when you realize how
> many jars of olives they must sell per year. The savings to them
> could easily be in the millions, and the customer will never notice
> one olive less in the jar.

In 1987, American Airlines saved about US$40000 by omitting the
olive from each salad they served on board. Just the olive. When
you're talking huge volume (airplane meals, jarred olives, etc.),
amounts add up quickly.

sd