They bought a bulk supply of generic cheerios and made up these cereal boxes to generate seed capital for their startup.

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For that reason, the firm is able to hold onto the bulk office supply market better than anyone else.

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Computor developments are being followed with interest and with some understandable apprehension by the companies that now supply the bulk of the business machines in use.

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To make things fair, we chose regularly replenished items that all three retailers sell, and we didn't include sale items. (While there are back-to-school sales galore right now, January is prime time for office-supply sales.) To bake in the effect of bulk purchasing, we chose 10 of the largest package of each item.

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But other sources said that the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Algeria could join Saudi Arabia by increasing supply by an overall 500, 000 barrels a day, with the Saudis contributing to the bulk of the increase.

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