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Post by derekrumble on Aug 4, 2009 18:43:11 GMT
I am a greengrocer.
Yesterday as part of my delivery from the wholesaler I had one crate of organic cabbages. And two crates of regular cabbages.
The organic cabbages are more expensive than the regular ones; I priced my organic cabbages higher than the regular ones.
The organic cabbages have been very popular. I have sold them all. I still have one and a half crates of non-organic cabbages in my store room.
Hmmm.
What would YOU do?
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Post by clausdk on Aug 4, 2009 18:53:55 GMT
buy organic from now on. they taste better and are healthyer, really a nobrainer from my POV.
the problem with the left over nonorganic cabbages, dump the price and get them out of your storage.
Lastly as the bastard I am, I would try to price the organic ones a little bit higher and by that cover the losses from your last nonorganic cabbages.
Also having only organic is becomming a thing that could be used in marketing.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Aug 4, 2009 19:55:12 GMT
Simple really..... buy non-organic cabbages and label them as "organic" nobody will be able to taste the difference.... a cabbage is a cabbage. By the way...... this post is organic, bet you can't tell difference can you?
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Post by clausdk on Aug 4, 2009 21:28:47 GMT
You need to buy more organic food Mike, the difference is bigger than the improvements of the little pinkie to my V8.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Aug 4, 2009 21:59:29 GMT
You need to buy more organic food Mike, the difference is bigger than the improvements of the little pinkie to my V8. You need to get a hearing test "organic" cabbages will do little (or nothing) to improve my quality of life.... a cabbage is a cabbage and I firmly stand by that philosophy.
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Post by clausdk on Aug 4, 2009 22:08:55 GMT
You need to buy more organic food Mike, the difference is bigger than the improvements of the little pinkie to my V8. You need to get a hearing test "organic" cabbages will do little (or nothing) to improve my quality of life.... a cabbage is a cabbage and I firmly stand by that philosophy. My hearing is just fine, how are your tastebuds ? BTW cabbage does not really make anybodys life better, but switching to organic food in general, will make your life quite a bit better in almost every aspect.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2009 22:19:34 GMT
But does organic cabbage make you fart any less ?
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Post by insomniac on Aug 4, 2009 23:18:14 GMT
But does organic cabbage make you fart any less ? Probably not but the organic farts do less damage to the ozone layer
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Post by tomo on Aug 9, 2009 1:16:07 GMT
Is there such thing as a synthetic cabbage? If I eat a lot of those, can I chemically synthesize LNG? (Liquid Natural Gas) Hahaha!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2009 3:13:22 GMT
Is there such thing as a synthetic cabbage? If I eat a lot of those, can I chemically synthesize LNG? (Liquid Natural Gas) Hahaha! Gives a new meaning to the phrase "I've got the squirts !" or "shitting through the eye of a needle"
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Post by merton on Aug 9, 2009 3:32:00 GMT
buy organic from now on. they taste better and are healthyer, really a nobrainer from my POV. the problem with the left over nonorganic cabbages, dump the price and get them out of your storage. Lastly as the bastard I am, I would try to price the organic ones a little bit higher and by that cover the losses from your last nonorganic cabbages. Also having only organic is becomming a thing that could be used in marketing. fool. if you price your organic stuff as low as everyone elses conventional, or if you even price it juuuust above that, like 20 cents a pound or something, you'll have customers out the wazoo. pay your employees well and make sure they become knowledgable about what you sell so that they can build a loyal customer base through their honesty and knowlege... and man, you'll take over the grocery racket.
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Post by derekrumble on Aug 9, 2009 12:24:31 GMT
I am not a greengrocer. I am just saying that can you believe all that is offered as 'organic' is, in fact, organic? I doubt it.
If you had a store and you ran out of organic cabbages would you pass off regular cabbages as organic ones?
D.
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Post by derekrumble on Aug 9, 2009 12:27:54 GMT
buy organic from now on. they taste better and are healthyer, really a nobrainer from my POV. I have not found organic produce to taste better than non-organic. I think this is because the taste is mainly due to the variety of the vegetable, and not so much how it is grown. For example 'main stream' tomatoes are varieties grown for their visual qualities along with a robust nature so they endure handling, transportation and so on... not taste. That's my 2 cents worth anyway. Derek
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Post by clausdk on Aug 9, 2009 12:46:21 GMT
buy organic from now on. they taste better and are healthyer, really a nobrainer from my POV. the problem with the left over nonorganic cabbages, dump the price and get them out of your storage. Lastly as the bastard I am, I would try to price the organic ones a little bit higher and by that cover the losses from your last nonorganic cabbages. Also having only organic is becomming a thing that could be used in marketing. fool. if you price your organic stuff as low as everyone elses conventional, or if you even price it juuuust above that, like 20 cents a pound or something, you'll have customers out the wazoo. pay your employees well and make sure they become knowledgable about what you sell so that they can build a loyal customer base through their honesty and knowlege... and man, you'll take over the grocery racket. Try reading my post once more, then cut out the part where I write that the price of organic should be lowered. I just do not get what in my post you are reffering to.
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Post by clausdk on Aug 9, 2009 12:51:12 GMT
I am not a greengrocer. I am just saying that can you believe all that is offered as 'organic' is, in fact, organic? I doubt it. If you had a store and you ran out of organic cabbages would you pass off regular cabbages as organic ones? D. A week ago you were a greengrocer ? I have worked in the foodindustry for 18 years and we had seperate tanks for the organic stuff, if you can not trust your supplyer, then everything else does´nt matter. I would never sell nonorganic as organic, that would be cheating customers
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Post by clausdk on Aug 9, 2009 12:55:18 GMT
buy organic from now on. they taste better and are healthyer, really a nobrainer from my POV. I have not found organic produce to taste better than non-organic. I think this is because the taste is mainly due to the variety of the vegetable, and not so much how it is grown. For example 'main stream' tomatoes are varieties grown for their visual qualities along with a robust nature so they endure handling, transportation and so on... not taste. That's my 2 cents worth anyway. Derek Well I can taste the difference between organic and nonorganic, I do not care if it is the varity or the way they are grown, that makes the difference. Also the fact that you are taking less part in poisoning the earth when one buys organic, which also is a part of the experience, when you sit down at the table.
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Post by merton on Aug 9, 2009 18:08:56 GMT
fool. if you price your organic stuff as low as everyone elses conventional, or if you even price it juuuust above that, like 20 cents a pound or something, you'll have customers out the wazoo. pay your employees well and make sure they become knowledgable about what you sell so that they can build a loyal customer base through their honesty and knowlege... and man, you'll take over the grocery racket. Try reading my post once more, then cut out the part where I write that the price of organic should be lowered. I just do not get what in my post you are reffering to. i never said you said the price should be lowered. i said that your proposal that the price be raised was foolish.
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Post by insomniac on Aug 9, 2009 18:55:26 GMT
Try reading my post once more, then cut out the part where I write that the price of organic should be lowered. I just do not get what in my post you are reffering to. i never said you said the price should be lowered. i said that your proposal that the price be raised was foolish. Merton, It's not foolish at all. Organic costs more to produce, therefore the extra cost has to be covered by someone ie. the customer. If customers perceive the Organic food to be worth the premium they will buy it and if not they won't, simple as that.
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Post by clausdk on Aug 9, 2009 19:37:34 GMT
Try reading my post once more, then cut out the part where I write that the price of organic should be lowered. I just do not get what in my post you are reffering to. i never said you said the price should be lowered. i said that your proposal that the price be raised was foolish. Ahhh sorry my bad I asumed it was compared to the nonorganic you meant. My proposal was just to help cover losses on the nonorganic he had to throw away. But reading your proposal we have to jack up the prices anyway, education and dedikated workers are costly, but that is really the problem we all want the best as cheap as possible, which by nature is "wrong"
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Post by PinkFloyd on Aug 9, 2009 20:51:55 GMT
Well............. I was in the supermarket the other day (yes, they have a supermarket here) and there were three or four punters hovering around one of the assistants so I went over to see what was going down.....
She was "marking down" organic free range chickens from £12.99 to £1.99 so I joined the vultures waiting for their cheap organic chicken and managed to secure one..... there was one greedy bastard who took 4 of them but that's another story.... anyways.....
Soooooo...... the following day I prepared this organic chicken and cooked it with love (frequently basting it etc.).... you know what? it tasted no different from a normal "mass market" chicken!
I have found this with most of this "organic" garbage..... it tastes just the same but costs double (sometimes triple)... a fckin' con job if you ask me.
Why should I pay a farmer 3 times as much for a carrot when I can pay another farmer 3 times less for an, apparantly, identical carrot (and a carrot that is washed I may add)?
I am 48 years old, 6 foot 4 inches tall and (touchwood) have never been seriously ill.... I have eaten "non organic" food my entire life.... just "what" is this organic shit supposed to do? Make me grow another two inches, increase the size of my penis, make me super intelligent? No! I'll tell you what it's all about.... it's about extracting even MORE money out of your pocket for an inferior looking and tasting item!
They're even trying to fleece us with clothes made out of "organic cotton".... organic "cotton"? what the hell is that all about? another excuse to charge the earth claiming we are helping the earth by being environmentally "aware".... I'm "aware" alright, "aware" I'm being ripped off by some bastard selling unwashed carrots.... no wonder all these "organic" types have a smile on their face, they're raking it in!
The best one I've seen in a long time is "organic whisky".... organic whisky?.... what a crock of organic shit! it tastes just the same and gets you pissed, does it really need to be organic?
What next? organic petrol? organic tobacco? organic organs? a load of bloody bollocks all of it! by the time any of this stuff hits the shelves any goodness that was in it has long gone anyway, if you REALLY want to taste vegetables at their best then you'll have to grow them yourself, straight from the garden into the pot, that's what it's all about!
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Post by clausdk on Aug 9, 2009 22:03:01 GMT
Ohhh yes indeed. (mine is 11 inches and still growing ) But it will make your sperm better, research have shown that organic farmers has the best semen quality. It will also give you a harder penis, but not just eating one chicken it has to be organic all the way. BTW I asume that organic is the same as the danish term ecological i.e without anything artifisial like pesticides etc. If not I am probally all wrong.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Aug 9, 2009 22:26:29 GMT
Ohhh yes indeed. (mine is 11 inches and still growing ) Is that above or below the organic Euro penis standard? AFAIK "7" inches is the average and it should resemble a large "off the shelf" standard carrot... I don't want to boast but my inorganic penis has a girth of 9 inches and an "at rest" length of 10 inches (similar to a standard inorganic marrow) my balls are about the same size as a standard tangerine (del monte) or two small hairy coconuts. So...... not a lot of difference.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2009 22:54:38 GMT
Mike Were those measurements taken before or after the massive swelling as a result of your operation ? BTW,have the antibiotics rectified your worrying post operative complications ? Alex
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Post by merton on Aug 10, 2009 6:07:25 GMT
i never said you said the price should be lowered. i said that your proposal that the price be raised was foolish. Merton, It's not foolish at all. Organic costs more to produce, therefore the extra cost has to be covered by someone ie. the customer. If customers perceive the Organic food to be worth the premium they will buy it and if not they won't, simple as that. what i'm saying is that the extra you charge should be as little as possible so that you'll get more customers and even more money over all.
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Post by derekrumble on Aug 10, 2009 10:37:21 GMT
I am so glad you are all enjoying the topic! D.
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