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Cost-outs

What a product costs to make, line by line: ingredients, packaging, labor, freight and the margin at each step to the shelf.

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The pumpkin costs 6 cents. The can costs 19.

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Sep 23, 2026

The pumpkin costs 6 cents. The can costs 19.

Why canned pumpkin is really squash, how one corner of Illinois packs a year of it in 6 weeks, and what an ounce costs whole, cut and canned

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Coffee-mate costs less to make than half-and-half

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Sep 23, 2026

Coffee-mate costs less to make than half-and-half

What's in the bottle, how a plant builds a cream substitute out of soybean oil, and why the real thing sells for less

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