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  • Simulacra 55 minutes ago
    Wow, this is actually interesting, I had not heard of people eating hard attack since the American Civil War. But looking at a map, it doesn't look that difficult to get to, so I'm curious why not just fly it in?
    • chocochunks 33 minutes ago
      Because no one else really eats it or makes it. AFAIK that Purity factory is the only one in Canada making it and outside of Newfoundland it's hard to find on a normal day even in the rest of Atlantic Canada. And when you do, it's the Purity version shipped over. It's very much a Newfoundland food.
  • charcircuit 59 minutes ago
    >Grocery stores across Newfoundland and Labrador have been struggling to keep hard bread in stock since a fire at the Purity factory in March put a crimp in the company’s baking operations.

    Is it really that hard to raise the price to keep it in stock?

    • pjc50 12 minutes ago
      You know what's really oversupplied in this subthread? One sentence contrarianism.

      (not that I haven't done it myself occasionally, but guys you really are not helping anyone here including yourselves)

    • close04 55 minutes ago
      Raising the price doesn't increase the supply, it just selects who can access it. Most of the people will still not get it, just for a different reason.
      • mhluongo 48 minutes ago
        A higher margin increases the incentive for people to make more, though.
      • card_zero 50 minutes ago
        That implies that everything with a price is always out of stock.
        • bluecheese452 40 minutes ago
          It implies no such thing.
          • card_zero 35 minutes ago
            The presence of a price "selects who can access it", hence there's not enough stock to give it away for free. (Sometimes deliberately.)
            • watwut 12 minutes ago
              Wut? That makes no sense.
        • squigz 43 minutes ago
          No, it implies that everything with a price and a supply issue will likely still face that supply issue even with a higher price.
          • card_zero 40 minutes ago
            Everything with a price has a supply issue.