Thinking about a Meal

Thinking about a meal : the thought process regarding all data captured from the body following a meal - very interesting.

Economics of Avoiding Plebs

After reviewing some literature on empathogen-entactogens, and their role in certain subcultures, I thought about how I explain myself to my peers.

If one regards as life's greatest good / pleasure / opportunity ... some X ... then, it is perfectly reasonable to develop one's own constitution, with specific supplements, to maximise one's quantity of experience of X. Economics entails there is an opportunity cost of course. Some XAs are mutually exclusive with some XBs ... for example where,

... XA includes : the company of others, sex, the consumption of food, music, the experience of travel, fashion, and culture

... XB may then be : time for studying, via reading or other methods, research, and development of anything, including but not limited to commercial ventures

While on specific occasions I have no specific reason to avoid XA, or when XA necessarily supports XB, then XA is a legitimate short-term optimisation target. However, most of the time, XA is regarded as a distraction from XB, and so anything that creates more preference for XA is simply a distraction from the preexisting preference to maximise XB.

Scarcity mentalities are quite useful when the nature of life is finite. The dismal science is thus named for that reason.

Senseless Grief ...

... occurs only in the context of expecting the improbable. Antecedent follies will be the death of us all, eh?

Go-to-market Margins

Generally it is advised for new market entrants in any space : unless you already have a supply-chain advantage :

it's better to sell a superior product at a higher margin than the current market leader,

than to sell an equal product at a lower margin than the current market leader.

So if you have exactly the same {base substance), then you can consider improving either its packaging only, or its packaging and additives.

Just confirm your margins - you have to land safe if you cannot move the same volume as the incumbent.

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So with this in consideration, I'm wondering WTH Malaysian's local indie burger brands are doing, consistently underpricing vs. imported chain brands.