Flying Squid@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 5 个月前YSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power.blackfarmersindex.comexternal-linkmessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up11.62Karrow-down166
arrow-up11.55Karrow-down1external-linkYSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power.blackfarmersindex.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 5 个月前message-square257fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 个月前My guess is it costs a lot more to ship small parcels of food rather than to transport food in bulk to one big store where everyone shops for it.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 个月前It would cost less for them to ship in bulk. It costs even less for them to charge you shipping and it’s low enough for you that it’s still cheaper than the profit cut of the distributor and grocery store.
My guess is it costs a lot more to ship small parcels of food rather than to transport food in bulk to one big store where everyone shops for it.
It would cost less for them to ship in bulk. It costs even less for them to charge you shipping and it’s low enough for you that it’s still cheaper than the profit cut of the distributor and grocery store.