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E1bEP TIL that A&W introduced a 1/3 lb burger which was cheaper and preferred in taste tastes to McDonalds 1/4 pounder. It failed as the American public thought the 3 in the name made it smaller than the McDonalds product.
d8kad TIL A&W introduced a burger that was bigger and less expensive than McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, but it failed because customers assumed 1/3 was less than 1/4.
XR4r TIL an economist discovered that, other things being equal, suburban residents have more friends , invite friends into their homes more and have greater involvement in community groups. For every 10 percent decrease in density, the chance of people talking to their neighbors increases 10 percent