01-28-2009, 10:56 AM
I base my opinion on this. I would guess that 90% of their profit is made by tourist dollars.
80-90 % of their workers are making very minimal money for the profit that is being brought in.
That money that those workers make... barely cover enough for basics.
"...One of my good friends who was born and raised on the Big Island and married into a Japanese-American family, drives all the way to Hilo from the west side just to get their shortbreads for omiyage, and she's the reason I learned about them.
She is not a tourist and has been their customer for years..."
If they are driving 180 miles to get cookies... it sounds like just a tourist from the other side of the island [
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Big Island Candies has marketing agreements specifically with the tour companies and give the tour companies money back in return for having the tours stop there.
It's big profit... what goes into it? Flour, Sugar and a little immigrant labor?
Damon Tucker's Weblog
80-90 % of their workers are making very minimal money for the profit that is being brought in.
That money that those workers make... barely cover enough for basics.
"...One of my good friends who was born and raised on the Big Island and married into a Japanese-American family, drives all the way to Hilo from the west side just to get their shortbreads for omiyage, and she's the reason I learned about them.
She is not a tourist and has been their customer for years..."
If they are driving 180 miles to get cookies... it sounds like just a tourist from the other side of the island [
]Big Island Candies has marketing agreements specifically with the tour companies and give the tour companies money back in return for having the tours stop there.
It's big profit... what goes into it? Flour, Sugar and a little immigrant labor?
Damon Tucker's Weblog