Even in these stores, however, discretionary spending was curtailed in favor of necessities, with 40 percent of Wal-Mart revenues generated from food purchases.

然而，即便在那些仓储超市中，可自由支配的开支也已让位于固定消费，其中沃尔玛百分之四十的营业收入来自食品销售。

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Following this same logic, I'd favor the biggest of the global food companies, because they can source their ingredients from whatever part of the globe is cheapest at the moment.

按照这个逻辑不难看出，我比较中意那些大型跨国食品企业，因为他们有能力在全球范围内获得成本最低的食品原材料。

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This would slow down fast food a little, and tip the balance in favor of home preparation.

这样就可以稍微减少快餐的食用，让人们更多的在家中做饭。

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Goldman's decision to drop shares at Starbucks in favor of fast-food snacker McDonald's comes a little late for many investors.

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Yet farmed fish still carries a bad rap, both from environmentalists concerned about the pollution caused by on-shore and near-shore farms, and from food snobs who favor the more robust taste of wild caught fish.

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But until it falls out of favor, you can bet the food industry will throw everything it has behind it.

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