Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.money From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: A Breathtaking Success Story Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 06:55:12 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: A Breathtaking Success Story Publication Date: Wednesday November 4, 1992 BYLINE: Entrepreneur Taeko Bybee, who lives in the United States, has been putting odorless garlic on supermarket shelves since 1987. Isao Sakai, an agriculturalist in Tokyo, invented a solution in which regular garlic is soaked--and loses its smell. Bybee's 12-employee company, Jewel Rina Inc., sells 1 million two-head packages per year of Sakai's product to 37 supermarket chains. That compares to 1 billion heads of regular garlic sold in the United States. At $1.60 per package, Sakai's garlic costs twice what regular garlic does. Jewel Rina gets letters every day from satisfied customers, including some who say the odorless garlic saved their marriage. "Now we can enjoy the flavor of garlic in our favorite dishes and still enjoy kissing afterward," a New York woman wrote. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM