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Off-Ramp

Fresh 'n' Easy

By Off-Ramp Staff
Published Apr 5, 2008
Business commentator Mark Lacter standing in the nearly empty parking lot at the Fresh 'n' Easy store in The Comptons.
Business commentator Mark Lacter standing in the nearly empty parking lot at the Fresh 'n' Easy store in The Comptons.
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John Rabe
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About the Show

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Business reporter Mark Lacter gives John Rabe the skinny on the grocery chain Fresh 'n' Easy. The store's niche is to limit choice. Lacter says that the business model isn't very successful.

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