Why is the cost of hats so high?

I thinks it’s also a lot to with what people will pay.

Why is flankin 17.99.
Why is 8oz cholov yisroel cream cheese almost $5 not on sale.
Why is salmon and white fish more expensive in a kosher store then in a non kosher store.

I’m sure there are many other things that have gone up nearly 400% since the early 1980’s.

Because there are enough people for whom money is no issue.

My kids in lakewood pay almost 5 dollars for cream cheese not on sale.

Your kids must be rich. It’s easy enough to get a less expensive brand for $3 or even $2.

Where in ny is flankin with a bone 8.99?

I haven’t seen $8.99 in years, but I have seen $10.99 frequently.

Kosher whole fish and fruits and veggies in its natual form DONOT need certification.
Ehats the excuse for over charging on these things?

Midwest2, bad answer. The grey hats don’t cost less.

Ehats the excuse for over charging on these things?

Who’s overcharging? And why are you buying there?

Givat cream cheese is on sale now in Gourmet Glatt for $2.99.

Hatov and Fresh & Healthy are $3.19 in NGPS.

Seasons has F&H on sale for $2.49.

folks prices go up over the years. nothing and I mean nothing costs the same as it did 35 years ago. Gas in the mid ninties in chicago was 1.10. now its around $3. And yes cholov yisroel cream cheese is around $4-$5 heres. and no im not rich, theres nothing else available.

When was the last time you bought a whole fish? Cut it out.

The store still as overhead. This isn’t complicated.

CTL and CTR could very well could very well be related but someone here in the CR should volunteer to collect digital DNA from both so a firm identification could be confirmed

Actually food ex is more expensive on most products then in westgate.

yitzchokmParticipant
When was the last time you bought a whole fish? Cut it out.

The store still as overhead. This isn’t complicated.
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Shoprite has plenty overhead, yet they manage to have the price of salmon and white etc.as low as the non kosher fish section wgich also carry salmon and white fish etc. Both whole and sliced.

Rib steaks are $11.69 per lb. in NPGS.

I posted cream cheese prices.

Flanken ends are less than $4.

I didn’t see regular flanken or “hard cheese” on NPGS’ site.

Seasons and Gourmet Glatt did open in Lakewood. NPGS is still consideed the most affordable

I think all of them have websites. You can check prices yourself.

I’m not sure why you keep posting inflated prices.

Cost of hats is high because of supply and demand. Case closed.

Back in the day, the hat companies like Stetson and Borsallino were selling to the ayno yehudim too. Nowadays its only the jews which is why Bors is almost kaput after a few bankruptcy filings.

@Joseph
If you read my post, in its appropriate legalspeak, it said that CTRebbe and I were not related to the best of my knowledge.
How do I know, you ask?
I know all my relatives up to the 5th cousins. There is a very limited number who have or currently live in CT and are male (who might use the handle ‘rebbe’).
Having seen most of them at our daughters’ chasunah, last summer, during shivah for Mrs. CTL’s mother this fall and a family funeral/shivah in Boro Park this month>>>The Coffee Room was a subject of discussion. 5 Family members admitted to being members of the CR, 2 Lawyers (myself and a son) and 3 doctors (1 in Brooklyn, 2 in NJ). Not a Rebbe in the family.

aasYochid ☕Participant
Rib steaks are $11.69 per lb. in NPGS.
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Im pretty sure that those are imported from mexico or uraguay. They are cheap because the taste is cheap.

Flanken ends are less than $4.
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On flanken ends.
Might as well comment on chicken. And fish tails which can be gotten for free.

I didn’t see regular flanken or “hard cheese” on NPGS’ site
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Flyers are only for sale items. The discussion non sale items.

Im pretty sure that those are imported from mexico or uraguay.

That’s what Moisha’s and KRM sell for that price. Please tell me where you can get American beef ribsteaks for $12 per lb.

Flyers are only for sale items. The discussion non sale items.

I wasn’t looking at the flyer. I was looking at their site from which you can order sale items and non sale items for delivery.

The imported rib steaks and flankin coming in from mexico etc are boneless. They are absolutely horrible tasting.

CTRebbe,
1. the concept of supply and demand was not invented here on the CR. Basic Eco101. It makes a lot of sense- it explains why the price of tomatoes goes up if the tomato crop was affected by bad weather, why oil prices go down when OPEC releases more oil reserves, and why the US govt buys up surplus wheat to save farmers from plunging wheat prices. The question is whether it applies here.
2. Volume: If they are making fewer hats, then they are making less money, and perhaps the business will no longer be viable. Unless they mark up the hats so they can provide their product to the fewer costumers who want them. That’s the concept of volume: if you sell a large volume of any item, you can sell it for less and still make a profit. That’s why bigger supermarket chains can charge less for the same item sold in a Mom&Pop’s minimarket.
3. Quality: Keep in mind, that unlike a lot of clothing, hats are not mass produced in China where they can be made cheaply and therefore sold cheaply in places like Walmart. Hat making is a skill, much of it done by hand. Here’s a line from Borsalino’s website: “The uniqueness of the Borsalino product lies in its production process: made of fine fur felt (rabbit or hare) it passes through around fifty production phases and it takes an average of seven weeks’ work to finish every hat.” I imagine wool hats are cheaper than hats made from fur, imitation felt cheaper than fur felt.

For the record, like CTRebbe:
I DON”T LIKE CREAM CHEESE, either.

For 40 years, I have paid for the butter at my shul’s Sunday morning breakfasts because the shammos insisted on only serving cream cheese.
My eldest brother also does not eat cream cheese.
Our nieces and nephews know that if you invite the uncles to a milchige event, we will show up with sealed packages of butter. We tired of eating dry bagels decades ago.

So, if cream cheese was $10 a container or 50 cents it would not affect my purchasing decision. As for hats, a good hat that is properly cared for: cleaned, blocked, stored in the cedar closet on the summer, should last many decades. At this point I am wearing my summer straw collection in colors to match my suits. Today I’m wearing a medium blue with a navy hatband to match my navy suit with a medium blue pinstripe. I have to be in court at 9 and as I’ve posted before: Judges wear Black, smart attorneys do not (hear in Yankee New England).