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Article: SMOKED SALMON; A LITTLE LUXURY AT A BIG PRICE
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 28, 1994
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Smoked salmon used to be as scarce as caviar. Now it's so
plentiful, it's become "the rich man's bologna," says Peter
Heineman, owner of Homarus, a New York smoked salmon company.
Smoked salmon for $31.99 a pound? You call that bologna?
Smoked salmon used to be a luxury, but now it's "much more of a
commodity," says Ann Brody, senior vice president of marketing at
Sutton Place Gourmet.
Smoked salmon for $36.99 a pound? You call that a commodity?
No one expects a canape to cost the same as Oscar Mayer on
white, but the abundant supply of smoked salmon hasn't always
resulted in lower prices for shoppers. This is surprising because
raising salmon these days is a lot closer to ...