We Can Remember It for you Retail (at a 40% Margin)
Like most people who shopped online in the past, I receive an abundance of specialty catalogues in my mailbox. Most of the catalogues have something interesting in them so I give them a cursory once-over before I chuck them in the recycling bin. I received one recently with items in it so offensive and obscene I could not believe my eyes.
The catalogue comes from a company called Foods Across America. They market and sell specialty foods from places all over the United States in an Alton Brown fashion collected from famous eateries and regional favorites: Chicago-style hot dogs, Philadelphia cheesesteak, beignets from New Orleans, and so forth. This is a rather clever idea. If you’re from Cincinnati (but live in San Francisco) and you have a Jones for Chili Five-Way, Foods Across America is the place to go if you want to order Skyline® chili. The trouble is you will have to pay $7.50 a can for it, not including the shipping charges.
The prices they justify charging for these items are outrageous bordering on obscene. For example, if you want to make six authentic Philly cheesesteaks, complete with rolls from Amoroso’s®, be prepared to spend $74.95. If you want a six-pack of locally produced root beer or cola, that’s $35.00. Remember how good the key lime pie was when you went to Key West last winter? You can taste it again for the low, low price $69.95 for two nine-inch pies (six to eight servings each). All of the offerings in this catalogue feature the same ridiculous price schedule. I find it amazing how much someone can profit to help someone relive their halcyon days.
The catalogue comes from a company called Foods Across America. They market and sell specialty foods from places all over the United States in an Alton Brown fashion collected from famous eateries and regional favorites: Chicago-style hot dogs, Philadelphia cheesesteak, beignets from New Orleans, and so forth. This is a rather clever idea. If you’re from Cincinnati (but live in San Francisco) and you have a Jones for Chili Five-Way, Foods Across America is the place to go if you want to order Skyline® chili. The trouble is you will have to pay $7.50 a can for it, not including the shipping charges.
The prices they justify charging for these items are outrageous bordering on obscene. For example, if you want to make six authentic Philly cheesesteaks, complete with rolls from Amoroso’s®, be prepared to spend $74.95. If you want a six-pack of locally produced root beer or cola, that’s $35.00. Remember how good the key lime pie was when you went to Key West last winter? You can taste it again for the low, low price $69.95 for two nine-inch pies (six to eight servings each). All of the offerings in this catalogue feature the same ridiculous price schedule. I find it amazing how much someone can profit to help someone relive their halcyon days.
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