"hob" > wrote in message
...

>> Now, some data. Right now, unless a store negotiates a hot deal with
> Domino
>> or C&H, they're paying about $2.00 for a 5 lb bag of sugar. This price
>> has
>> been the same, give or take a quarter, for the past year.
>
> Yes, some data - real data, not some BS facts pulled out of some fading
> memory bank.
>
> Sugar was $2.32 wholesale last September (5 lbs, per wholesaler's book.)
> On sale loss leader $.99.


The actual number is $1.78 as of two weeks ago. No change anticipated, other
than BETTER deals negotiated by chains and wholesalers. Where EXACTLY did
your $2.32 come from?

But wait...this doesn't matter. The biggest change since a year ago was
perhaps a quarter, which does not explain the 100% you mentioned in your
original message. And, loss leader pricing explains nothing at all.