$\text{SOUP MINI CASE:}$ White Mountain Soups Sells Ready-To-Eat Soups Packaged and Sold in and Sold

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Multiple Choice

$\text{SOUP MINI CASE:}$ White Mountain Soups sells ready-to-eat soups packaged and sold in microwave-ready, single-serving plastic containers that can be used as bowls and then recycled. White Mountain makes a variety of soups, including New England clam chowder, vegetarian minestrone, and beef and tomato soups. Its advertising emphasizes the use of wholesome ingredients produced by independent farmers, and suggests that White Mountain soup can be a quick and easy lunch, or a wholesome mid-afternoon snack alternative to a bag of potato chips or a candy bar.
-In the SOUP MINI CASE, White Mountain offers a variety of types of soup in order to appeal to which of the following American core values?

• A) practicality
• B) material comfort
• C) individualism
• D) freedom
• E) external conformity

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Definitions:

Income Distribution

The way in which a country's total economic output is divided among its population, or the share of national income earned by each quintile or group of the population.

Bottom Fifth

A term often used in income distribution to refer to the lowest 20% of income earners in a given population.

Top Fifth

Typically refers to the highest 20% of earners or performers in a given distribution, often used in discussions of income inequality.

Income Equality

Income equality refers to a situation where earnings are distributed evenly across the population, minimizing disparities between the richest and poorest individuals.