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  • Simulacra 33 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 10 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 36 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?

    • close04 32 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 26 minutes ago
        A higher margin increases the incentive for people to make more, though.
      • card_zero 27 minutes ago
        That implies that everything with a price is always out of stock.
        • bluecheese452 17 minutes ago
          It implies no such thing.
          • card_zero 13 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.)
        • squigz 21 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 18 minutes ago
            Everything with a price has a supply issue.