Pseudovariety, Ctd

by Patrick Appel

A reader writes:

Hannaford is conflating a lack of choice in *producers* with a lack of choice in *beverages*.  That's stupid.  It's like saying there's no variety in Jelly Bellys because there's only one producer of Jelly Bellys.  And yet I stand there in front of the "Jelly Belly bar" at my local gourmet grocer's and see 30 or more varieties of Jelly Bellys, and that's with only a single producer and no effective competition within that market segment.  Choices in beverages ...