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YouKnowWhatItIs87 11 points ago +11 / -0

Yes, I’ve seen a couple documentaries about this. It is a cabal, similar time OPEC to control pricing on maple syrup of all things hahaha. I love maple syrup more than most people and how it’s produced, idk if it’ll ever happen, but I’ve set a goal to one day have a little cabin somewhere in Vermont, “like most Vermonters” according to Bernie, and farm Maple syrup. It seems like a rewarding retirement for me personally. I just absolutely love the stuff, but when you start looking into the real stuff, you think, $15 a bottle for 8 oz is a little excessive, the. You find out it’s basically like the mafia in a small way. If I get my little farm, I’d change that, make a decent profit but under cut a lot of competitors. But then angry maple farmers might roll up axes in hand and chop down my trees 🤷‍♀️

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KuhlooKuhlay 5 points ago +5 / -0

It's fascinating how many things are mobbed up in Canada. I like how their milk comes in bags too. LOL

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Free-Ninety-Nine 3 points ago +3 / -0

Dairy might as well be mobbed up too: "supply management" is practically a Canadian political sacred cow.

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KuhlooKuhlay 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm pretty sure it is still or at least was back in the day. I know there are super tight market and production controls as you said.

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YouKnowWhatItIs87 3 points ago +3 / -0

I like how their milk comes in bags too.

Wait what? Now this I have never heard, lol that’s just ridiculous.

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AutumnCrystal7777777 4 points ago +4 / -0

You've never had yourself a nice cold bag of milk?

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YouKnowWhatItIs87 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ha, I have not. I’ve dealt with Bag in Box soda syrup, but those are plastic bags pack inside a cardboard box and dispensed through CO2 pressurized lines in a soda fountain.

I have had 🎶 “A cold glass bottle of milk that was delivered every morning at nine.” 🎶 Yeah, I’m a Jack White super fan, so what? If you haven’t heard ‘Carolina Drama’ off the Raconteurs first album, please give it a listen.

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DKnightRZ 3 points ago +3 / -0

It's not ridiculous thou :( Only downside is if a bag gets a puncture in it but you check by holding it by the tag and rubbing the bottom corners to see if there's a leak.

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KuhlooKuhlay 2 points ago +2 / -0

Not all milk in Canada but I think it's like 70% comes in plastic bags. It looks completely absurd and you have to put it in a pitcher and snip the corner to pour it out. It's completely unpractical way to sell, ship, contain, store... every thing you could think of related to retail enjoyment of milk.... putting it in a plastic bag that you are designed to puncture is possibly the worst idea.