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Corinne Kocher

Which restaurants will survive the pandemic?

Costco has 546 locations in the United States as of 2019. This makes Costco one of the largest pizza chains in the United States.

4 min readOct 20, 2020

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Which restaurants will survive the pandemic?

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Corinne Kocher
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The Startup

Meat Cosmetics: Why Is Grocery Store Beef Always Red?

If you can keep up the cosmetic appearance of meat, you just might buy yourself enough of a “freshness” window.

6 min readSep 30, 2020

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Meat Cosmetics: Why Is Grocery Store Beef Always Red?

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Corinne Kocher
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Curious

Why Are People Still Buying Physical Cookbooks?

Cookbook sales grew 21% in the first half of 2018 compared to the first half of 2017, according to The NPD Group, a market research…

4 min readAug 27, 2020

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Why Are People Still Buying Physical Cookbooks?

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Corinne Kocher

“You have to pay your rent or your mortgage. But food can be negotiable.”

Waxman cited recent history, where rates of food insecurity remained high for the decade after the Great Recession.

5 min readAug 19, 2020

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“You have to pay your rent or your mortgage. But food can be negotiable.”

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Corinne Kocher
in
The Startup

Fast Food Is Slowing Down (By 44 Seconds)

If fast food is so obsessed with timers, why has the average wait time actually gone up in the last 15 years?

4 min readAug 7, 2020

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Melting Dairy Queen ice cream cone

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Corinne Kocher

What’s in a generic can of beans?

Let’s do a thought experiment. You are a manufacturer of canned beans. You, own… whatever machinery it is you need to make canned beans.

5 min readJul 27, 2020

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Generic cereal and generic cookies

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Corinne Kocher

1.2%, and other significant numbers in the grocery industry

Average net profit after taxes for grocery stores was 1.2% in 2018 - which is standard for the industry. What does that impact?

2 min readJul 16, 2020

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1.2%, and other significant numbers in the grocery industry

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Corinne Kocher
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The Startup

What Does a Stage 5 Banana Mean?

There is an internationally-accepted, 7-stage banana color chart vendors and retailers use to agree on certain banana industry standards.

5 min readJul 10, 2020

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Banana on floor

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Corinne Kocher
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Slackjaw

Is Falling Food More Appealing? An Investigation.

Every time I see a fast food commercial, I have this sinking feeling. This can’t be going as planned. Something has gone wrong. Gravity is…

3 min readAug 30, 2017

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Is Falling Food More Appealing? An Investigation.

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Corinne Kocher

Corinne Kocher

Explorations of the food supply chain. Former line cook, current comms person, forever advocate of adequately salting your food. Images by Bailey Garrot.

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