From:	Augustus shadowrun@********.net
Subject:	Stuffer Shack
Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:19:25 -0700

----- Original Message -----
From: Allen Versfeld <moe@*******.com>

> What is the state of the fast food industry in the shadowrun universe? I
know of >Stuffer shack, who seem to be The place where everybody goes for
their cheap, >artificially flavoured soy-derivatives, but what do we know
about them? How big >are they, who owns them, what do they control, who is
their competition, and so on >and so forth...

I've always just assumed that Stuffer Shack was the shadowrun version of
7-11. Just as food chains like Regal Burger was Burger King, McHughs was
McDonald's and Dairy King was Dairy Queen.

I've used Stuffer Shack in my campaign a few times, I was going to put them
under the umbrella of Shiawase, but insted decided to leave them independant
and came up with Universal Product Distribution for a parent company.

So, in my campaign, UPD had food production facilities as well as cheap junk
(and knock off) production facilities (like "Dollar Store" merchandise) to
stock and supply their own retail chains (Thats where Stuffer Shack fit in).

Most of the low level runs that the PCs did for UPD were to acquire
plans/designs/formula/R&D that other companies did that UPD was going to
pirate and sell in their stores... eventually one group had an open contract
with UPD that anything they could find/acquire that might have a high R&D
cost, but low production cost, UPD would buy off them if they brought it in.

Augustus