Newfoundland has a hard bread shortage, but why do they eat it?

 (cbc.ca)

16 points | by empressplay 2 days ago

3 comments

  • bregma 9 minutes ago
    Without fish and brewis Newfoundland is just... a big rock.
    • Simulacra 1 hour ago
      Wow, this is actually interesting, I had not heard of people eating hard attack since the American Civil War. But looking at a map, it doesn't look that difficult to get to, so I'm curious why not just fly it in?
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      • chocochunks 44 minutes ago
        Because no one else really eats it or makes it. AFAIK that Purity factory is the only one in Canada making it and outside of Newfoundland it's hard to find on a normal day even in the rest of Atlantic Canada. And when you do, it's the Purity version shipped over. It's very much a Newfoundland food.
      • charcircuit 1 hour ago
        >Grocery stores across Newfoundland and Labrador have been struggling to keep hard bread in stock since a fire at the Purity factory in March put a crimp in the company’s baking operations.

        Is it really that hard to raise the price to keep it in stock?

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        • pjc50 24 minutes ago
          You know what's really oversupplied in this subthread? One sentence contrarianism.

          (not that I haven't done it myself occasionally, but guys you really are not helping anyone here including yourselves)

          • close04 1 hour ago
            Raising the price doesn't increase the supply, it just selects who can access it. Most of the people will still not get it, just for a different reason.
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            • mhluongo 1 hour ago
              A higher margin increases the incentive for people to make more, though.
              • card_zero 1 hour ago
                That implies that everything with a price is always out of stock.
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                • bluecheese452 51 minutes ago
                  It implies no such thing.
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                  • card_zero 47 minutes ago
                    The presence of a price "selects who can access it", hence there's not enough stock to give it away for free. (Sometimes deliberately.)
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                    • watwut 23 minutes ago
                      Wut? That makes no sense.
                  • squigz 55 minutes ago
                    No, it implies that everything with a price and a supply issue will likely still face that supply issue even with a higher price.
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