wd9 I strongly disagree. I think they should be spending more money on research and less on marketing.
I understand further studies are being done on Zero tanin lentil for example, lentils which do not oxidize. we all know what a huge benefit that would be and would surely take some pressure off the grower.
On the marketing side, I think it would be a huge waste of money. What are these guys going to do? travel the world around making contacts with the same people who are already buying and trying to sell to them at a higher price?
It appears that perhaps growers are overly susupicious that the trade is leaving money on the table.
But that could just also mean a lack of understanding on how things work.
We are mostly selling to wholesale distributors who in turn, warehouse product, and resell in smaller lots together with other items to other distributors. There is alot of money flowing back and forth with alot of risk that exporters have a hard enough time managing inside of canada let alone inside a country like Algeriafor example
Who wants to go there anyways and market lentils to the Algerian's wholesale customers. Good luck and be safe.
It is not as easy as it looks. Not every buyer is AAA - many of them are not. Credit is a huge marketing tool globally almost always part of the deal.
Did anyone note the article where they l
isted the world's top 10 countries where it was mostly likely in business to deal in bribes?
The order may not be correct, but the list included China, India, Turkey, Russia, Iran, and other south East Asian counties and middle eastern countries.
These are all the places in the world where most of our pulses go. In that environment you better know very well who you are dealing with and you better be sure you understand how and when you will get your money. All it takes in one bad deal to offet 10-20 good ones
To spend money to send some guy to relearn all this is truly a waste of money and time.
I understand further studies are being done on Zero tanin lentil for example, lentils which do not oxidize. we all know what a huge benefit that would be and would surely take some pressure off the grower.
On the marketing side, I think it would be a huge waste of money. What are these guys going to do? travel the world around making contacts with the same people who are already buying and trying to sell to them at a higher price?
It appears that perhaps growers are overly susupicious that the trade is leaving money on the table.
But that could just also mean a lack of understanding on how things work.
We are mostly selling to wholesale distributors who in turn, warehouse product, and resell in smaller lots together with other items to other distributors. There is alot of money flowing back and forth with alot of risk that exporters have a hard enough time managing inside of canada let alone inside a country like Algeriafor example
Who wants to go there anyways and market lentils to the Algerian's wholesale customers. Good luck and be safe.
It is not as easy as it looks. Not every buyer is AAA - many of them are not. Credit is a huge marketing tool globally almost always part of the deal.
Did anyone note the article where they l
isted the world's top 10 countries where it was mostly likely in business to deal in bribes?
The order may not be correct, but the list included China, India, Turkey, Russia, Iran, and other south East Asian counties and middle eastern countries.
These are all the places in the world where most of our pulses go. In that environment you better know very well who you are dealing with and you better be sure you understand how and when you will get your money. All it takes in one bad deal to offet 10-20 good ones
To spend money to send some guy to relearn all this is truly a waste of money and time.
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