up front

“$72 million a year”
- the amount of money estimated to be spent by Google, Inc., to feed its employees at those free gourmet cafes and break stations, based on 9,600 employees, the 251 days a year the company is open and a daily per-person average of $30 (from the Silicon Alley Insider blog site, posted April 23 at 2:36 pm; to access the post, go to www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/googles_ginormous_food_budget_7530_per_googler)