strawberry jam vs grape jam

    At the store I often try to buy 1 large container of both strawberry
and grape jam.  No matter which store I'm shopping at, I've noticed that
the strawberry jam tends to be about 40% to 50% more.  I tend to think
of strawberry being more popular, but that is probably because I grew up
on a farm with 3 acres of strawberries, and we always had plenty of
strawberry jam.  Since we always had plenty of that, we rarely bought
any grape.

   Yesterday my wife and I were having a discussion about why one might
cost that much more than the other.

   My guess was that the grape jam is made from the more solid leftovers
from making grape jelly.  However, everything I read online seemed to
indicate that grape jam (on the large scale) is made from pulverizing
whole fruit.

   So, I'm still curious.  Anyone have any ideas that would explain the
price discrepancy?  Thanks!

 

Hey, thanks.  I think you gave me a subject for my PhD thesis in
Economics.
Tentative title is "Supply and Demand Effects on Jam Pricing."
So far, that's also my best answer to your question.

--Vic

 On 04/02/11 09:35, Vic Smith wrote:


I'd guess that growing strawberries is more-labor-intensive than growing
concord grapes.

I used to be able to buy Welch's concord grape preserves, which contain
lots of slimy little whole concord grapes. I haven't seen that for decades.

Preserves are MUCH better than jam, and Knott's is way better than
Smuckers.  Unfortunately, both Sam's and Costco stopped carrying Knott's
in favor of Smucker's.

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Cheers,    Bev
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 Ohioguy wrote:


Its much more likely to be due to the different cost of the strawberrys and
grapes.