02-17-2008, 11:01 AM
On the Macademia prices, it might be that the growers have a fixed contract for the product and the main handling/packaging is done
on the mainland - ? One of the first times I was in Hawaii, I bought a pineapple in a grocery store. I was surprised it didn't taste any better than the ones you get in California. When I later asked a worker in the store, they said the pineapples in the store are from contract sales. They all get shipped to the mainland, then distributed to all the companies stores from a central facility. Of course, those stores in Hawaii got shipped also from the central facility even though the pineapples originated in Hawaii in the first place - ! Since then I only buy at farmer's markets/roadside stands.
on the mainland - ? One of the first times I was in Hawaii, I bought a pineapple in a grocery store. I was surprised it didn't taste any better than the ones you get in California. When I later asked a worker in the store, they said the pineapples in the store are from contract sales. They all get shipped to the mainland, then distributed to all the companies stores from a central facility. Of course, those stores in Hawaii got shipped also from the central facility even though the pineapples originated in Hawaii in the first place - ! Since then I only buy at farmer's markets/roadside stands.