Say I buy a 2 dollar bottle of Coke from a grocery store. I go up to the cashier, I give them the money, they put it in the till, and I walk away. I have given money to the store, who presumably will then use that 2 dollars to fill out their employees paychecks, pay for things in the store like water, electricity, heating, janitorial staff for cleaning, etc, etc.
After all of that, how will Coke ever see my 2 dollars? It would seem to be that the money would have diluted beyond all recognition by that point.
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Since others have already responded, I just want to add, depending on the company, it may look after the small shop owner and replace items that have gone bad at no added cost. Bimbo (Mexican bread company, owner of Oroweat and other big brands) is famous for doing so (at least in Mexico).
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