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| 原文: Organic Foods: Casualty of the Economy Last week, I mentioned that consumer spending on luxury goods is down. What I didn’t really think about at the time is how organic foods might be a luxury item. The thought that luxury spending might extend to such things as organic food occurred to me yesterday when I got an email from the local organic market explaining that the store was closing later this month. Since I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere, this is a blow to me. We don’t have chain organic stores. Sometimes the other grocery stores have a few items, but there are a number of things that I like that I can’t get anywhere else. At any rate, the reason the store is closing is that, after three years of steady growth, customers have dropped off. In these economic times, the more expensive organic food has become a luxury. And my local market saw a sharp decline in sales, culminating in a need to take the loss this tax year and get out. So, next week we’ll be heading to the organic foods market for the last time. Unfortunately, the fact that we’ll be finding some great deals doesn’t do much to make us feel better. 有机食品：经济衰退的受害者 上周我在《奢侈品消费开支》一文中谈到该项开支正在减少。不过当时我还真没有想到有机食品也算是奢侈品。 直到昨天我收到本地有机食品市场的一封邮件解释说这家商店将于本月关门时，我才想到奢侈品开销可能还包括有机食品之类的东西。我住在一座小城镇里，离哪里都远，关闭有机食品店对我是一个不小的打击。我们这里没有连锁有机食品店，虽然有时其他杂货店也有些像样的东西，但是我喜欢的很多食品在其他地方都找不到。 尽管如此，这家商店即将关门的原因却是，在三年稳步壮大后，顾客逐渐减少了。在经济不景气的现在，较为昂贵的有机食品已然成了一件奢侈品。我所在的当地市场销售额锐减，迫切需要在这个纳税年度挽回损失，全身而退。 所以，下周我们将最后一次赶往这个有机食品市场。不幸的是，虽然我们将发现会有商品大打折扣，但我们并不会感到好受点。 |
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