[888] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
Re: Vegetarians of the world unite, call Burger King (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Krom)
Thu Apr 4 13:44:54 1996
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 13:46:19 -0500
To: "Sandeep K. Gupta" <skgupta@amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu>, vsg@MIT.EDU
From: krom@media.mit.edu (Matthew Krom)
>Normally would a veggie burger cost more than a meat one? Or is it
>because there is such a low demand for veggie burgers? Or is it because
>of all the subsidies given to beef producers?
I'd bet that it is an issue of supply. Veggie burger patties are mainly
produced by smaller "health food" companies, while there is a worldwide,
thousand-year-old, profit-driven, government-subsidized (in the US)
industry for supplying cheap beef patties to restaurants.
I wonder where BK got their patties?
Matt Krom
