They compared prices at Whole Foods stores in half a dozen cities to those at various competing supermarkets to determine which stores were cheaper. They found that Whole Foods is about 15% more expensive than other conventional supermarkets, such as Kroger, Wegmans, and Safeway.
A type of igneous rock. Basalt is the most common rock type in the earth's crust and makes up most of the ocean floor.
Under the ocean basins, the crust and mantle rocks of the lithosphere have more or less the same chemical composition. They are made up of minerals enriched in iron and magnesium and deficient in silica, the combination of silicon and oxygen.