Oh – No! Not again! Why can’t we just all get along? Allegations of price fixing? I remember something about that from Economics 101. Oligopoly come to mind? Thought so…Many serious chocolate fans may have been over paying too much for too long. Or that’s what a few of the Government (G-Men) have to say…I can see as a well informed consumer, and assuming that my eyeglasses still work – that the product size has been shrinking while candy bar prices have either been steady or in the worse case, actually going up. Now that is what the Bella Mia Candy Store calls a “double whammy”…
In the short run, I can see no solution. If you like chocolate, you LIKE chocolate. If chocolate manufacturers raise their prices, you probably will buy the same amount of their products and hopefully just chew a little slower or let the chocolate melt in your mouth just a little longer. In the long run you will pay more – we saw that with copper, gasoline and a many other commodities last year…
There are just more of us (a reference to the Human Race of course..) and many things on Gods Little Garden (aka our Planet Earth) are finite in supply. I don’t plan on eating any Soylent Green in my lifetime – but you never know. Could be that Aunt Martha has to be recycled as a Protein Bar – you just never know. I’m going to put my faith on the side of of Modern Science! But when it comes to price fixing and my candy bars – well, I have to draw the line somewhere. As I get older, I appreciate more and more that there is “so much chocolate and so little time…” So I better get crackin’ on trying any ( and all ) of the high quality chocolate and candy bars made in North America – possibly The World!
Since the Bella Mia Candy Store is right next to Canada, we get to bring you any ( and all ) of the “hard-to-find” Cadbury, Nestle and Kinder and will ship from our Retail Store directly to your door step. We hope in our car, make the short drive across The Mighty Niagara River using any of the three Bridges that connect us to our neighbors to the north…and voila, we are in Wonka Chocolate Land! And if the Bridge Traffic isn’t too bad, and the Customs and Border Patrol let us back in – we can get these items shipped out to you in very short order. Our products are always fresh and delivered to you just in time for that Family Reunion, Corporate Picnic or just a bonfire on the beach…Pick up a box of Cadbury Candy and pass it around – make friends in high & low places…Cadbury may not beat a Cold Beer on a hot summer day – but when the sun goes down and it’s time to watch another sunset – it sure tastes good!