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<blockquote data-quote="bball" data-source="post: 1602711" data-attributes="member: 23752"><p>:clap: :clap: :tiphat: excellent post.</p><p></p><p>It goes back to the the fact that for most American consumers, price is the deciding factor. Priorities are also a major factor. For example, since post WWII, food product has always been extremely reasonable in this country, almost unrealistically so. Generation after generation has come to expect this as just a given. Now, the global food market is becoming more competitive and margins grow smaller. America is no longer the only big fish in the pond. Prices will have to go up. However, in the past when this attempt at market correction occurs, Uncle Sam steps in (at the uproar of the masses) and "fixes" the prices. Think dairy, or grain, etc. </p><p></p><p>I took the long way around to say that spending money on food has not been a real priority or necessity for American consumers post WWII. However, the same people that will call their Representative should milk get to $5 a gallon, will gladly fork over $1000 for the newest iPhone, no questions asked. Priorities. Then factor in inflation and the decreasing value of the dollar...</p><p></p><p>How do you change priorities? Historically, to make food a priority, people have to get very, very hungry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bball, post: 1602711, member: 23752"] :clap: :clap: :tiphat: excellent post. It goes back to the the fact that for most American consumers, price is the deciding factor. Priorities are also a major factor. For example, since post WWII, food product has always been extremely reasonable in this country, almost unrealistically so. Generation after generation has come to expect this as just a given. Now, the global food market is becoming more competitive and margins grow smaller. America is no longer the only big fish in the pond. Prices will have to go up. However, in the past when this attempt at market correction occurs, Uncle Sam steps in (at the uproar of the masses) and "fixes" the prices. Think dairy, or grain, etc. I took the long way around to say that spending money on food has not been a real priority or necessity for American consumers post WWII. However, the same people that will call their Representative should milk get to $5 a gallon, will gladly fork over $1000 for the newest iPhone, no questions asked. Priorities. Then factor in inflation and the decreasing value of the dollar... How do you change priorities? Historically, to make food a priority, people have to get very, very hungry. [/QUOTE]
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