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Originally Posted by ben parrish
Not quiet..the grocery chain is paying the above prices....the farmer is getting the same price he gets from all. The grocery chain is simply taking it in the shorts on that item but making it up elsewhere. just like thanksgiving, whole turkeys are being sold at Walmart and Kroger for .89# but their dressing and yams are twice the price of other stores to make up for the loss.
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Large growers who contract with national chains are given a "take it or leave it" price. They have to go to their contract growers, who must decide whether to live with it or starve.
Believe me, i grew up in this business.