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Dave Smith > wrote:
>On 2014-11-12 11:03 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:40:29 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2014-11-11 11:42 PM, Ray Abbitt wrote:
>>>
>>>> So if you want GMO labeling on the food you buy, how about you pay extra
>>>> for it and leave the rest of us alone? One of the most common items we
>>>> find in the clearance basket at our local supermarkets is (originally)
>>>> expensive foods labeled GMO free. Nobody is willing to pay extra for
>>>> them--but they want all of the rest of us to pay for it.
>>>
>>>
>>> So you say. While you claim they are the most common products in the
>>> clearance baskets I have never seen it. Even if there is a chance that
>>> it is true they could be introductory products that didn't go over well
>>> for various reasons. People tend to stick to known brands, and some
>>> companies are under the impression that they can sell products that
>>> appeal to health conscious consumers and mark their prices up
>>> substantially.
>>
>> I haven't seen it either. What I see are the new products that didn't
>> sell quickly enough in that store, so they're on clearance to make
>> room for more new products they hope will fly off the shelves.
>>
>>
>
>Maybe he actually meant was that one time a couple years ago he saw
>something with a GMO free label in a clearance bin.
>
How about last week? A couple of years ago I had never seen a GMO free
label. Now I'm seeing them, but nobody is buying them if they cost more
than normal products.

-ray

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