A Viewer Writes – How is the price of mayonnaise related to the Strait of Hormuz?

I went to the north Wal-Mart this morning to purchase a plastic jar of Hellmann’s Mayonnaise 30 oz. I was surprised to find that Wal-Mart had raised the price almost 50 cents since last week. I didn’t purchase that product. I went home and called the 1-800 418-3275 number with the statement “Something To Tell Us” above the phone number. Of course I didn’t get the manufacturer in New Jersey but I did get a nice woman in India. The language barrier caused the conversation to be long and slow but we were able to get together on what I wanted to know. I asked if President Trump’s recent renewed bombing of the Hormuz Strait caused Hellmann’s to have to change their recipes for their product. I said the timing for both were the reason for my suspicions. It took a while to get this through to her but she finally put me on hold to call for an answer to my question. When she came back on she related that the product recipe did not change and that they leave the price increases entirely up to the retailers who would normally say that the increase was due to an increase in their overhead. How many times do we hear that bull? Perhaps our local representatives should spend a little time checking out retailers and how it effects our local economy.

John Palmer,

Delmar, Md.