05-17-2007, 11:39 PM
Quote:I can understand it though. I can remember when gas cost about a dollar per gallon and Coke cost about a dollar for 2 liters. Coke still costs about a dollar for 2 liters....
And yet it still has one of the highest mark-ups of any other product found in the supermarket. A two liter of soda costs a little less than a few pennies, if I remember correctly. Regardless, the simplicity of the system is refreshing.
US Corn Growers -> Coke Plant -> Coke Bottling Plant -> Distribution Center -> Supermarket.
Gas by comparison is a bit more complex:
Dinosaurs -> Crude Oil -> (about 50 more steps, all of which I shudder at the thought of trying to understand/write down) -> High prices at the pump.
Too many hands in the cookie jar, and not enough caring about the bottom line - the consumer.
Cheers,
Munk