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Michel Boucher wrote:
>
> (j.j.) wrote in news:bq3cls$40fu_008
> @news.zipcon.net:
>
> > Hark! I heard say:
> >> LenS wrote:
> >
> >> > Does anyone know the reason?
> >
> >> Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.
> >
> > Yup -- my stupidmarket had 1 lb. for $2.00 today, so I stocked
> > up...
>
> In Canada, socialist haven and Wolf-reputed "one-horse" country, we have
> marketing boards whose job it is to smooth out the bumps in the market
> caused by gluts and scarcity based on reasonable fluctuations. This must
> be our mistake, eh? :->

Yeah, I'd rather get super cheap eggs all year and deal with the
holiday bump.

nancy