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America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by michaelt »

masklinn wrote: post #94
pjc50 wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone's going to have to explain the lime police to those of us how aren't New Zealanders and have no idea what's going on here.

Oh it's not a "lime police", NZ has nothing against limes specifically, there is no special treatment. It's just gardens in general which are illegal (without a license, obviously) https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/2nem47/can_you_... If limes (or anything else, like grass, or strawberries, or potatoes, or mint, ...) happen to grow on your property it's fine and you can collect them, but if you tend to them…

  It's just gardens in general which are illegal
I'm afraid you've fallen for a hoax [1]. Gardening is a legal and popular pastime in New Zealand [2].

[1] http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/new-zealand-gardening-law-hoax [2] http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/new-zealand-gardening-...

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by tgb »

traek wrote: post #25
tgb wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The post I replied to is claiming that they lose money on each sale of guacamole. (This is clear from bringing up the possibility of raising prices of the optional add on guacamole.) However, this is clearly much stronger claim than merely that Chipotle is doing worse financially than if their avocados cost less.

> The post I replied to is claiming that they lose money on each sale of guacamole. (This is clear from bringing up the possibility of raising prices of the optional add on guacamole.) That's not what they're claiming, they're saying that if ingredient prices rise (e.g. for avocados) Chipotle can raise menu costs to protect margins. Nowhere is it implied that guacamole was being sold below-cost.

Well, the comment did say "losing money", but either way, that's not what was claimed in the article and that distinction is exactly what I was pointing out. High margins does not mean that they do well financially, obviously! Unless you think that the original remark was "I don't understand how raising prices could lose business" then this isn't what the article was saying.

I don't understand what the confusion is: the article says they do less well financially than they would have if their ingredients were cheaper. The original comment here says "but they can always raise their prices" but that cannot guarantee that they do well financially. If the article had claimed that their margins were too low or that the extreme that they were losing money from each sale, then the first comment would have made sense. But it doesn't.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

#103

Post by exodust »

beilabs wrote: post #33

Afraid you have nothing on Australians affair with Avocado. https://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2016/10/17/i-stopped-e... It's a staple of the Australian diet, fairly certain it's one of the 5 fruits a day over there adorned on the walls of schools across the country. Seriously though, I've seen Avocado go for $6 a piece.....those were hard times.

I saw them recently at South Melbourne market for "$7.99 each", the most I've ever seen them. (AU$8 = US$6.46 each).

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by PuffinBlue »

It seems like in the 'West' we only get common access to the Hass Avocado. Certainly in Britain anyway.

Having just done a stint in the Caribbean I'm never going to be able to 'enjoy' a Hass Avocado ever again.

Compared to whatever the exquisite orbs of heaven that are sold by the roadside in Antigua they are simply not worthy of merit. It's like making a pencil sketch of a lego recreation of the Sistine Chapel and claiming it can in anyway approach the majesty of the 'real' thing.

For those adept at identifying varieties of Avocado, here's the one I'm talking about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkNUJjHJMXY

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by kaybe »

triggercut wrote: post #54
beilabs wrote: post #33

Afraid you have nothing on Australians affair with Avocado. https://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2016/10/17/i-stopped-e... It's a staple of the Australian diet, fairly certain it's one of the 5 fruits a day over there adorned on the walls of schools across the country. Seriously though, I've seen Avocado go for $6 a piece.....those were hard times.

Those following along in other countries should also know that, amongst younger people, an Avocado is a typical house warming gift to friends who have recently purchased a house. Which, when you stop and think about it makes even less sense that the original proposition.

What would the original proposition be?

Here (Germany) it is a loaf of bread and some salt I think; is it the same?

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by kaybe »

optimusclimb wrote: post #83
cvsh wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Based on casual observation of what other customers are ordering from my frequent visits to Chipotle, it seems like queso has been a complete failure. I don't understand why they thought cheese would be something people would pay extra for. A) Cheese is not usually expensive, like avocado, and so not usually considered worth paying extra for 2) Cheese is known not to be healthy, and part of the appeal of Chipotle is…

> Cheese is known not to be healthy, and part of the appeal of Chipotle is the illusion that you're eating healthy food What do you mean by illusion? "Healthy" vs "unhealthy" for starters isn't some sort of easy to define line, but curious why you'd make that comment.

The gp might be talking about 'cheese', not cheese, since they also say it is cheaper than avocado.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by kaybe »

jcadam wrote: post #8

Personally, I hate avocado in all its forms (guacamole, etc.). I don't understand what people see, err, taste in them. My wife, OTOH, loves avocados (I had never tried avocado before she forced me to sample one while we were dating, which I ineptly pretended to sort of not hate), and if I forget to buy several when I do the shopping, I'll find myself trying to make up a story on the spot about how all the avocados at…

Have you ruled out that you just got a bad one that first try? They do taste differently, and some are not that good.

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by masklinn »

michaelt wrote: post #101
masklinn wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh it's not a "lime police", NZ has nothing against limes specifically, there is no special treatment. It's just gardens in general which are illegal (without a license, obviously) https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/2nem47/can_you_... If limes (or anything else, like grass, or strawberries, or potatoes, or mint, ...) happen to grow on your property it's fine and you can collect them, but if you tend to them…

It's just gardens in general which are illegal I'm afraid you've fallen for a hoax [1]. Gardening is a legal and popular pastime in New Zealand [2]. [1] http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/new-zealand-gardening-law-hoax [2] http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/new-zealand-gardening-...

> I'm afraid you've fallen for a hoax

Whereas I'm reasonably convinced you're a joyless shitpail[0] who manages to "well, actually"[1] a joke.

[0] https://www.oglaf.com/roguearsenal/

[1] http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1116378-starter-packs

Re: America's Love Affair with Avocado

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Post by gambiting »

kaybe wrote: post #106
triggercut wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those following along in other countries should also know that, amongst younger people, an Avocado is a typical house warming gift to friends who have recently purchased a house. Which, when you stop and think about it makes even less sense that the original proposition.

What would the original proposition be? Here (Germany) it is a loaf of bread and some salt I think; is it the same?

Same in Poland - bread and salt.
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