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Michael points us to: BBC NEWS | Business | 'Product sabotage' helps consumers. I don't buy the sabatoge part, not at all, but it's interesting to see how the BBC outed Starbucks on one of their "secret" menu items. (thanks, John, for the Slate link.)
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