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Cole_Robbie · July 30, 2015

I agree, very pretty pic.

I go to two markets that I think represent two very different customer bases. One market has largely senior citizen customers, and I'm sure a much lower mean score on any socioeconomic scale. The other market is noticeably more affluent. It is next to the local university. We get a lot of customers who have good jobs and disposable income.

I had pints of Bosque Blue Bumble Bee tomatoes, which are a large cherry, not quite a saladette, priced at $2.50. At one market, they flew off the table, and at the other, they didn't sell at all, even though just about every person who walked by would stop and compliment me on how beautiful they were...and then walk down to buy from the guy selling $1/lb hybrid slicers.

July 30, 2015	#20
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I agree, very pretty pic. I go to two markets that I think represent two very different customer bases. One market has largely senior citizen customers, and I'm sure a much lower mean score on any socioeconomic scale. The other market is noticeably more affluent. It is next to the local university. We get a lot of customers who have good jobs and disposable income. I had pints of Bosque Blue Bumble Bee tomatoes, which are a large cherry, not quite a saladette, priced at $2.50. At one market, they flew off the table, and at the other, they didn't sell at all, even though just about every person who walked by would stop and compliment me on how beautiful they were...and then walk down to buy from the guy selling $1/lb hybrid slicers.