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Date: | Thu, 25 Mar 1999 13:40:49 -0500 |
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Collective,
On weekends I work at a homebrew shop. While staring at a drum of malt
extract it occured to me that there was a way to save a lot of money on
Petromalt. The ingredients on the tube say that it almost 50/50 malt
extract and liquid Petrolatum. Through the store, I can get bulk malt
extract pretty cheaply. My local pharmacy has generic 13 oz jars of
Petroleum Jelly for less than a buck. Bottom line is (with my discount at
the store), for about $3.50 I could make 2 lbs of Petromalt like substance
when a 3.2 oz tube of Petromalt costs $6.99. This puts Petromalt at
$34.95/lb vs homemade goop at $1.75/lb. Petromalt does have Glyerine,
Acacia, and Vitamin B1 in it too....but are these other ingredients really
necessary for hair ball treatments? Am I missing something or am I onto a
great money saving idea? I'm half thinking about designing a nice package
and seeing if I can sell the stuff in local pet stores.
I hope Bill will allow me to put on a market researcher's hat and ask the
collective one more question. (If the question is out of line, please
Bill, just remove it from my post.)
If you could get a pound of cat lax for say $5.00, a dollar from each
package being donated to ferret shelters, would you buy it?
I would love your thoughts on this crazy idea.
Cheers!
Matthew in VA.
[Posted in FML issue 2627]
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