Shelf space for soft drinks is a big business and a study in the psychology of marketing here in the states. It has not been unheard of for the companies to either discreetly pay off store managers for prime placement or threaten to withdraw their complete product line if prime space is not given. We jokingly refer to "The Cola Wars" hereabouts much as Obi-Wan refered to the "Clone Wars" in the first (or fourth, depending on how you look at it) Star Wars.

There's a particular type of very strongly flavored Ginger Ale that I like named Vernor's...it's not all that popular so it appears and disappears and mysteriously shifts around from shelf to shelf depending on what else is on sale that week.

And FYI, Hamish, Woolite is actually a concentrated liquid. To further complicate the matter, there are two versions of Woolite: the regular and one that's formulated for dark fabric (claims to help keep "darks dark"). The parent company of Woolite is Reckitt Benckiser of Wayne, New Jersey. Don't know if that helps or if, in the end, Woolite is any more effective for washing kilts than any other product.

Best

AA

ps: http://woolite.com/

...and you'll all love the little changing captions on this page that give you interesting information about women and their relationship to doing laundry.

Did you know, for example, that "...30% of women spend more time doing laundry than they do making love..."? or that "...women do an average of five loads of laundry a week..."?

No comment on the first one but that second woman obviously doesn't live here...it's more like five loads a DAY. I sometimes think that there's another whole family that lives here when we're out and that I'm cleaning up after them as well.

AA