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Recognition factor

Food, drink makers are increasingly shelving familiar packaging in favor of attention-grabbing design, style

By Brian Steinberg
Globe Correspondent / March 25, 2009

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One of the most comforting things about a trip to the grocery or convenience store is the perennial sameness of it all. Bananas go there; root beer goes here; and groceries look pretty much the way they have for years. (Full article: 816 words)

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