The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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Newman’s Own foods donates 100% of its post tax profits to charity. As of June 2012 these donations have exceeded 330 million dollars.
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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Carlos Vasquez, a dry cleaner in New York, has a sign outside his shop that reads: If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for free.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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The first McDonald’s drive-thru was opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”
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