Subj : made vs manufactured
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Sep 13 2021 07:51 pm

Hello Richard!

** On Monday 13.09.21 - 08:28, you wrote to me:

RM> People are looking for cheap apples. So you check where
RM> you can source them the cheapest in a quality that you can
RM> sell. Then you take the option that gives you the most
RM> competitive advantage. If people do not like quality or
RM> check the country of origin then you habe an incentive to
RM> check those. If you sell enough then the cheaper price
RM> trumps it.

Initially, I was actually perferring the Chilean brand (I
forget the name of the apple version) ..but that was before I
was paying attention to its imported status.  It was just one
of the cheapest a few times. But we're only talking about
50cents diff per lb.

AA>> At one point I was just looking at the cheapest apples
AA>> and buying those. Then I realized WTF am I doing and not
AA>> supporting my own country's apple farmers.

RM> It seems most Canadians do not think (yet) like you. It is
RM> supply and demand. If people ask for the cheapest apple
RM> possible, then you look where you can source that. If
RM> people are looking for domestic apples, you will look for
RM> a cheap Canadian source.

This was at a NoFrills chain store. I don't think there is a
customer ask-wishlist.  ;)  Most of the fresh wholefoods are
supplied at a warehouse depot and skids are auctioned off to
ANY of the chains that show up with their trucks.

AA>> Canadian grocer even import foreign apples when there are
AA>> plenty of domestic farmers.

RM> Because they are cheaper, and most people do not seem to
RM> care. If people would stop buying foreign apples, then he
RM> would immediately stop importing them. As long as people
RM> buy them, he has a price advantage of buying them.

What I think is *really* happening is that maybe the choices at
the distribution/warehouses can vary and they take what they
can get.  The importer makes the decisions, not the food chain?

I worked for a flower shop for a couple of summers in my teens.
In addition to working at the shop, my job was to drive to the
depot and pick up the flowers that the owner bid on and won.
The owner could only choose from the flower stock that the
importer provided.
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