1.   As a first step toward cutting costs, Helen volunteered to go to work in the chicken palace, as the cashier.

2.   First, they could become very efficient by cutting unnecessary costs, although they must maintain quality.

3.   Gage proposed cutting costs by using volunteers for the labor and corporate sponsors for the equipment.

4.   In a similar manner, cost-cutting exercises move always in the direction of cutting costs without a specific target.

5.   Lafley, the company has been shedding underperforming brands and focusing on cutting costs and building sales in its biggest product brands.

6.   They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.

7.   The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs.

8.   They are cutting costs by subcontracting work out to other local firms.

9.   They are cutting costs by using nonunion labor.