<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by chartreuse:
Slightly OT but in "Good Omens" Pratchett & Gaiman refer to a McDonalds study which found that most people autocondiment. By eliminating seasoning from their burgers the chain saved a fortune. I guess the moral is don't underestimate economies of scale.
Now I'm worried that I might have given someone at AA ideas 
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This is also the reason Coke, Pepsi, et al went from cane sugar to high fructose corn syrup. Corn syrup costs half what sugar does, although the per-unit savings is negligible. However, producing throusands of gallons of syrup daily probably saves them millions of dollars a year.