Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post

Another ... ... ? possibility I'd been "chewing" over - ( ... there I go again !) - is based on a long-held theory [of MINE ] that supermarket chains MIGHT, from time to time, be given "first refusal" as it were, on batches of sub-standard and/or inferior goods (that manufacturers would otherwise find difficult to dispose of through the normal channels) and thereby, in turn, pass them on in bulk sale to unsuspecting consumers.
Ah well ... ... business IS business ... I suppose !