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Originally Posted by Roughneck
I'd be more fine with supply management as our form of agriculture industry protection over subsidies if the quality was better. I mean, sure. I get it I guess. Why should everyone have to pay to subsidize an industry if they don't buy from it? But paying so much for mediocre product just isn't acceptable.
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This is my main problem as well. Anecdotally, travelling through the US, I don't see an outsized disparity in dairy prices in Canada, relative to other grocery items. But the lack of selection and quality - that's the real kicker.
Regarding competition in the grocery business in general, I think it's a tough situation. Overall, the business has some pretty high barriers to entry (logistics, supply, real estate) and relatively thin margins... It's something that really requires scale to compete. I don't know how you encourage more competition in such a lack lustre business.