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Originally Posted by Michael James
That sounds like the article I read; Walmart's success is based on low prices so they just buy from whoever sells the cheapest. But since home grown even beats Chiquita, think I'll send them a letter & ask them to raise their prices to settle the strike. I wouldn't mind paying a dollar a pound or even more if I've got a chance of getting home grown nanners, too  .
Bepah: If things get that bad in California, just move to Oklahoma; aside from parties, things have been real peaceful here.
BTW, while in fact I'm not so militant as I like to sound, every good writer knows why "Grapes of Wrath" was relegated to the level of "fiction". Try as we might, nobody's Perfect. |
Michael,
Raising the prices at the retail level will only pad the pockets of the retailers. You may want to look into getting a 'Fair Trade' policy into this area. There are strong economic arguments that Fair Trade, while helping producers a little (again, the workers, where the problem is, get nothing) penalizes the consumer.
Things in CA are bad and have the potential to get worse. However, after we hit bottom, things will improve greatly, I am hopeful.
I like OK, but those dang Blue Northers that come through keep me away...
Sometimes I think the State of CA is a work of fiction.
Take care,
John