"sd" > wrote

> In fairness, the OP stated that two pounds of cookies costs $29.99.
> So, really, the bakery is making money at $7.00 per pound. Much of
> the price of the first pound is tied up in promotion, shipping,
> etc., with a small incremental cost for the second pound.
>
> Don't get me wrong -- I agree with you completely in that people
> don't always consider the extra costs (staffing, promotion, boxes,
> etc.); nor do they tend to value their labor at all. I wouldn't
> spend $22.99 for a pound of cookies, though. Probably not even
> $7.00.

I've seen expensive cookies that are decorated for special
occasions, come in special tins, whatever. I don't know what
cookies are being discussed but I have a feeling they are not
some toll house cookies someone whipped up in 5 minutes.
Often they are $5 a cookie, or more.

But even the Italian cookies you buy by the pound at the
bakery, they cost a lot per pound too.

Who knows what drives the marketplace, but there is more to
it than I can make that at home for 20 cents.

nancy