On Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 4:38:15 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-10-08 3:58 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> >> Even Starbu$x only charges $2.
> >
> > That must be one hell of a scone! Some folks like to pay more for
> > food. It makes them feel like they're a part of a group that's
> > bigger, glitzier, higher class, than they are. Mostly it means that
> > they're paying more for food. I wouldn't want to order anything from
> > folks that would charge $8 for a pound of calrose rice. Those guys
> > got a lot of chutzpah!
> >
>
>
> I think the price of scones may depend on the pronunciation. The more
> difficulty the counter person has saying scone to rhyme with stone the
> higher the price. There is no reason for them to be expensive because
> they are cheap and easy to make.

Zingerman's pays its workers a decent wage. It pays rent in Ann Arbor.
They are generous with charity (Food Gatherers, for example). I consider
it well worth the price.

Cindy Hamilton