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Since it costs the same to ship a mediocre product as the best products, it makes sense to ship the nicest stuff since a premium can be charged for it.
by dantheman 11y ago
Since it costs the same to ship a mediocre product as the best products, it makes sense to ship the nicest stuff since a premium can be charged for it.
- rectangletangle 11y agoHappens in the US too, for the same reasons. Our export avocados tend to be larger an nicer looking than the domestically circulated equivalents. However, they both taste the same.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoThat explains it! I lived in California, where all the grocery-store avocadoes were marked 'Florida'. And California is a major avocado-growing region! I suppose all their best ones ended up in Florida.
- mcculley 11y agoThe same happens here in Florida with orange juice. Every grocery store carries many varieties of "California orange juice". Which seems silly, given that we have great oranges right here.
- ma2rten 11y agoSame in California: I only see Florida orange juice in the supermarket.
- rectangletangle 11y agoMost definitely is, our farm is California too. If you wan't the best quality avocados go to a farmers market (esp around August).
- marbiru 11y agoYes! There's actually a name for exactly this effect in economics, if anyone's interested: The Alchian Allen Theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchian%E2%80%93Allen_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchian%E2%80%93Allen_effect