At the risk of taking an unpopular position, I’m going to ask the following question:
Are you familiar, at all, with the economics of running a shmurah matzah factory? In other words, do you think the price of SM is expensive because you’re comparing it to a box of Streits or other food items? Or do you have some insight into the costs of labor, rents, materials, etc. that goes into the making of SM?
Economics tells us that, were it possible to seriously undercut the bakeries (i.e. if it were possible to produce a pound for $4 and sell it for $8 instead of the $20ish that it currently goes for), then someone would do so. If they haven’t, then you’ve identified a golden opportunity — take advantage of it!
I suppose, what I’m asking is this: are you merely venting your (understandable) frustration at the high price of SM, or do you really believe that it is highway robbery and that there is collusion among the major bakeries to keep prices artificially high to maximize profits illegally?
The Wolf