In Greek dairy war, milkmen cut out the middlemen


A woman waits for a bottle of milk to be dispensed at a vending machine in Larissa town, central Greece June 26, 2014. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis

LARISSA Greece (Reuters) - Grassroots movements to cut out middlemen have been on the increase since Greece's debt crisis exposed the country's Achilles heel - a bureaucratic system which stifles innovation and encourages corruption.

One of the most successful is based in Larissa, near the demi-God's legendary birthplace. The town's new vending machines, have, on a small scale, solved a problem Greece's leaders and their international backers have tried and failed to tackle.

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