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To: gcrispin who wrote (3928)	9/18/2007 10:39:54 AM
From: gcrispin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

The following excerpt from today's LA Times article on the rising price of wheat shows the appeal of converting to natural for mass transit, and delivery vehicles. Like Interstate Bakeries and Sara Lee, big producers that are trying to offset higher commodity prices with productivity and operational improvements, Feder is reviewing how to reduce his businesses expenses. He recently replaced seven gasoline-fueled delivery trucks with vehicles that run on natural gas and installed a pumping station at his bakery. They don't have the range of his previous fleet but he reduced his fuel expense to an equivalent of 75 cents a gallon. But he doesn't want to give that gain back to his clients. "This is a big savings for us," said Feder, "but I don't see why we should use it to subsidize our raw material costs."