Originally Posted by
ZenOps
Well, this being Beyond baller - I can imagine its very difficult to see how a $1.50 loaf of bread would be deemed criminally overpriced. That does not mean it isn't true. The primary reason that the big food distributors decided to offer compensation is so that they can minimize or eliminate future liability.
Now is carnival food criminally overpriced? No, because you can choose to go or not. You can choose to buy the $300 steak or $6 corn dog, or not. But bread, in the greater populace should and is categorized differently. What does this have to do with stampede? Everything from riding beef, to playing in hay - it is the very core of the Stampede (food producers and distributors, every one) There might be one participant who has specialized into horse race breeding, but that's about as far from food production that participants in the Stampede get.
Is Cheese criminally overpriced in Canada? Absolutely. Could you prove it in a court of law? No, since its a processed product you can say that the aging process in itself costs money. The only things you could say is that milk is overpriced - which it isn't really considering that the USA had radioactive milk throughout most of the 60's and 70's.
One need only take a selfie flyer menu price of large Cheese Pizza in Calgary, send it to Silicon Valley California - and then watch the hilarity ensue as they gasp in terror at the price.
Lets not forget, thirty years ago cellphones weren't really a thing - and food producers needed something to keep themselves entertained with.