a food price question

[mapuc]

in some special stores like helsam in Denmark og hälsan in Sweden, you can buy a special sugar, Sucrin.

You can choose from 2 weightclas 550 gr or 2 kg.

The one with 550 grams cost appr. 14,67 $
The one with 2 kilograms cost appr. 37,24 $

I asked the owne of one of this stores(helsam/Denmark) why they took such a huge price for something like this special sugar.

He said, that's because the making of it, is very expensive that's why.

I wonder if it is so?? 'cause I do know that, as soon something is good for you they take an overprice for it(they do so here in Denmark and Sweden)

Markus

[jumpy]

Is this stuff like 'low sugar' sugar?
Sugar with added sweeteners, saccharine, aspartame etc.
We have something like that here under the label Silver Spoon.. called 'half-spoon' or light sugar or some such thing.

It's bloody awful stuff.

[Snestorm]

It's apparently derived naturaly from fruits, which is probably an expensive process.

It's produced specialy for people who can't use sugar normaly, like diabetics.
Thus it is a "specialty item" for a limitted market, which justifies a higher price.

[FIREWALL]

We have sugar substitutes here too that, are overpriced.

Why ? Because they can.:DL

I'm not diabetic but, I eat somewhat like one. I'm not a heart patient either but, again I eat like one.

Just trying in my own way to be healthy.

[Jimbuna]

IThis reminds me of the alcohol-free beers which are usually more expensive than the ordinary alcohol-included brands.

Apparently they go through an additional production process to remove the alcohol :doh:

At least that's what I've been told :hmmm:

[mapuc]

Firewall said IT! they are taking an overprice 'cause they can and because there are people who need it and people who wants to live healthy.

It makes me remember a dialog I once had with a tv-radio dealer

I asked him why the producer of those LED-tv are taking such an overprice, when they are cheaper in making, than LCD-tv.
And I continued
But what makes me wonder,even more, is why the common people, are so god damm brain dead, that they feel, they have to obey thos manufacturs orders(commercials) and buy those LED-tv. ( I'm sorry if some of you felt pointet at. But those people, who wouldn't care for anything not even knocking down an old lady to get one of those new electronic "plaything" they are in my mind braindead)

He looked quite angry at me. He said
- You talk like an idiot, who do not understand a thing
I answer him Ohh I'm and old tv-radio repairman and I do follow the development. In the end I said in a couple of years the wil come a new type of tv. 3D and even smaller and those will only cost a nickel, but the manufacturs are going to take an HUGE overprice, 'cause they know that there are people, who....

Markus

[Betonov]

He looked quite angry at me. He said
- You talk like an idiot, who do not understand a thing....
Freud would say: busted

[GoldenRivet]

IThis reminds me of the alcohol-free beers which are usually more expensive than the ordinary alcohol-included brands.

Apparently they go through an additional production process to remove the alcohol :doh:

At least that's what I've been told :hmmm:

sounds like the difference between Jet fuel and Diesel Fuel.

Several years ago one of our fuel reps told us that the only difference between Jet Fuel and Regular Diesel Fuel was basically an extra filtration process.

Jet Fuel at the time was about $2.87 / gallon while Diesel Fuel was more like $3.40 / gallon.

some truckers got wise to this... and actually began running their trucks on Jet Fuel.

Apparently it became such a wide spread problem - again according to the fuel sales rep - that the price of Jet Fuel was increased to match diesel to discourage the practice.

As fuel prices began to fall... the Jet fuel price remained mostly unchanged and remained at the higher price. Fuel companies knew that the operator of a Jet aircraft would be very unlikely to use Diesel instead of Jet Fuel due to the dangers of doing so (not to mention the number of Federal Regulations which such an act would violate).

So...

Today we have the inverse of the situation... one gallon of Jet Fuel where i operate is $3.90 while one gallon of Diesel is about a dollar cheaper on average.





In some places, particularly at larger airports... you could see Jet Fuel Prices as high as $6.50 / gallon :o

[FIREWALL]

It's called price gouging and we have one person to thank for it. Just one.

[Betonov]

It's called price gouging and we have one person to thank for it. Just one.
who? (being curious)

[thorn69]

Time to start growing your own food again IMO. The food prices around the world are just ridiculous! :nope:

[Snestorm]

Sugar substitute?:
What's wrong with honey?