"We are very pleased to continue our successful relationship with Netflix, " said Frances Manfredi, executive vice president and general sales manager of cable and non-theatrical sales for NBC Universal Domestic TV Distribution, who forged the deal.

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Mr Middleton is the operations manager for a distribution centre that every week ships some 30, 000 pounds of live lobsters to restaurants and adventurous cooks, not only in America but all over the world.

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At the Johnson City, Tenn. distribution center, manager Kathleen Gage has switched from solid Styrofoam boxes for delivery of refrigerated vaccines (90 cents each) to cardboard lined with Styrofoam (30 cents).

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