On 11/11/18 3:39 PM, Sal Sunshine salsunshineini...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > > > > On Nov 11, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Bhairitu noozgur...@gmail.com > [FairfieldLife] <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > The US had a cheese glut this summer which was good for consumers. The > > nearby supermarket was selling Tillamook at $3 a package (usually 8 oz) > > so I picked up a package of extra sharp which rang up for $5. I > > complained about the price because it was marked $3 on the shelf. They > > came back and had removed the $3 price but had to give that price to > > me. I explained that there was a cheese glut which I had read about a > > couple weeks earlier and I had bought the same package at another store > > for $3. They looked clueless > > Maybe that’s because you seem to be privy to info nobody else is. What > on earth is a “cheese glut” anyway? Was there a big sale on dairy cows > earlier on or something? >
Mainstream news you seemed to have missed: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/28/americas-cheese-stockpile-just-hit-an-all-time-high/ https://www.vox.com/2018/7/4/17515068/trump-trade-cheese-surplus-agriculture-farming More on dairy in general: https://civileats.com/2018/11/05/whats-behind-the-crippling-dairy-crisis-family-farmers-speak-out/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-17/america-is-drowning-in-milk-nobody-wants Try to keep up!
