Besidescuttingitscost，Unileveralso

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HowTechnologyPushesDownPrice
1Priceshavefalleninthefoodbusinessheeauseofadvancesinfoodproductionanddistributiontechnology.Consumershavebenefitedgreatlyfromthoseadvances．Peoplewhopredictedthatthewoldwouldrunoutoffoodwerewron9．Weareproducingmoreandmorefoodwithlessandlesscapital.Foodisthereforemoreplentifulandcheaperthanithaseverbeen．Spendingonfoodcomparedwithothergoodshasfallenformanyyears，andcontinuestodrop．
2Supermarketshavehelpedpushdownpricesmainlybecauseoftheirscale．Likeanybigbusiness’theycaninvestinITsystemsthatmakethemefficient．Andtheirsizeallowsthemtobuvinbulk．Assupermarketsgetbigger，thepricesgetlower．
3HugeretailcompaniessuchasWal-Marthavetremendouspowerandtheycanputpressureonproducerstocuttheirmargins．Asaresult，someproducershavehadtomakecuts．Inrecentyears.
Unileverhascutitsworkforceby33，000to245，000anddroppedlotsofitsminorbrandsasDartofits“pathtogrowth”strategy．Cadburyhasshutnearly20percentofits133factoriesandcut10Dercentofits55，000globalworkforce．Thesecutshelpkeepcostsdown，andthepriceoffoodstayslow．
4Doescheapfoodmakepeopleunhealthy?Cheapfoodmayencotlragepeopletoeatmore．Goodcompaniescertainlythinkthatgivingpeoplemorefoodfortheirmoneymakesthembuymore．GivingpeoplebiggerportmnsISaneasywayofmakingthemfeeltheyhavegotabetterdeal．ThatiswhyDortionshavegotlargerandlarger．InAmerica，softdrinkscamein80z(225g)cansinthepast，then120z(350g)，andnowcomein200z(550g)calls．Ifacompanycansellyouan80zportionfor$7，theycansellyoua120zportionfor$8．Theonlyextracosttothecompanyisthefood，whichDrobablycosts25cents．
5Nowcompaniesareunderpressuretostopsellingbiggerportionsforlessmoney．Butitishardtochangethetrend．
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参考答案：F

参考解析：

题意：除了降低成本，联合利华也放弃了……。
根据文章第三段第三句后半句…droppedlotsofitsminorbrandsaspartofits“pathtogrowth”strategy可知，联合利华为了实现增长战略放弃了其旗下的一些小品牌。故本题选F。

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