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“Whole foods, or minimally processed foods such as canned beans or tomato paste, are what’s referred to in the food business as Commodities. They have such slim profit margins that they’re sometimes sold at or below cost as ‘loss leaders’ to attract customers in hopes that they’ll also buy the ‘value added’ products, the most profitable of which for producers and vendors.”

- artificial, UPF