> Because the wholesalers are in Chinatown, they can deliver fresh produce several times a day, eliminating the need for retailers to maintain storage space or refrigeration
Somebody has to store the inventory someplace, incurring those storage costs, whether it's the retailer, wholesaler, or someone further upstream. And regardless of who stores it, I'd expect those costs to have the same effect on the consumer's price.
Unless the farmers literally harvest multiple times per day, wash/clean/prep the merchandise, and deliver it to the wholesaler. That seems unlikely.
Also, what about the lost economy of scale of selling and delivering to a bunch of small wholesalers, and in a physically hard-to-access location (Chinatown in Manhattan)?
Doing daily harvesting isn't that unlikely also not everything is harvested at same hour of the day. And storing inventory is open for just few hours doesn't spoil the veggies.
> Because the wholesalers are in Chinatown, they can deliver fresh produce several times a day, eliminating the need for retailers to maintain storage space or refrigeration
Somebody has to store the inventory someplace, incurring those storage costs, whether it's the retailer, wholesaler, or someone further upstream. And regardless of who stores it, I'd expect those costs to have the same effect on the consumer's price.
Unless the farmers literally harvest multiple times per day, wash/clean/prep the merchandise, and deliver it to the wholesaler. That seems unlikely.
Also, what about the lost economy of scale of selling and delivering to a bunch of small wholesalers, and in a physically hard-to-access location (Chinatown in Manhattan)?