On new year's I was in the presence of some really intoxicated businessman. Eventually they started bragging about the various business deals that they had done. Now the one guy manages an independent food store. He said that his greatest profit margin was on produce that he purchased wholesale, and rebranded as "organic" even though it wasn't. He said they did it with all sorts of vegetables, and even some meat cuts. Apparently the customers never questioned the origin. I'm hoping that this guy was just showing off in front of his friends, and it wasn't true, but he was so drunk I doubt he realizes what he was admitting. When I asked him " Don't you worry that someone with an allegy to chemicals might get sick or something" He replied "Are you kidding me? Don't be niave. Chemicals are in everything. It's all in their head anyway". Needless to say I think this whole thing sucks, and I won't be buying organic anytime soon. Is this sort of fraud commonplace?
2007-01-04
11:20:02
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