01-01-2020, 02:36 PM
I'm currently in central Florida. OJ prices here are crazy high (IMHO). Sheez, the damned fruit is grown here; transportation costs are MUCH lower than say markets that are hundreds (or thousands) of miles away. That and, the oranges grow on trees! It's not like they're made of gold.
I felt the same way when I was going to bring home a couple of cans of macadamia nuts, just like a '50 tourist from the states. LOL. But then I heard they weren't process in Hawaii, so there's that.
Then, as already mentioned, consumers are shorted on quantity.
Yes, it's ice cream cartons all over again.
It bugs the heck out of me that they subtly downsize, more like sneakily.
But then 'New! Smaller size for the same money!' wouldn't be an easy ad campaign.
I felt the same way when I was going to bring home a couple of cans of macadamia nuts, just like a '50 tourist from the states. LOL. But then I heard they weren't process in Hawaii, so there's that.
Then, as already mentioned, consumers are shorted on quantity.
Yes, it's ice cream cartons all over again.
It bugs the heck out of me that they subtly downsize, more like sneakily.
But then 'New! Smaller size for the same money!' wouldn't be an easy ad campaign.