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Re: The Price of Honey
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David McDonald <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:26:25 -0600
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How do the packers and retailers manage to keep the price so high in
the supermarket, even when the wholesale price is low?  Is there not
genuine competition among them?  If not, why not?

On 9/18/05, Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> flooding the market. Packers were fixing store prices by keeping prices high
> even though they were buying at record low prices. Stocking up after record
> high honey prices with money made by buying low and selling high!
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David McDonald
Santa Fe, NM

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