That isn't what's going on with TV though. One taste of capella gingerbread flavoring and one taste of PA's would tell you the story. He switched the recipe, same as he did with the AC. I have no idea why he's so dead set against just admitting it. I guess since the AC is so popular there was no way around it. (owning up) Maybe he figures he owns up again people gonna think he's going cheap?
I dunno, IMO you're better making a statement that in order to keep using the same flavorings you're going to have to bump prices, if that's the case. But he may figure the market's getting pretty competitive, and that may hurt him worse than just switching, playing dumb, and denying it. I dunno what he thinks, but I know what he's doing is wrong. That I know.
I also know that I'd handle a lot of things differently if it were me in that situation. Might be the reason he's where he's at, and I'm a broken down old carpenter. I believed in being honest even if it hurt me. Want someone to plumb your house? "I can do it, lot of guys better and quicker at that stuff than me. Prolly even save a few bucks by going with them in the end." Ya know....I still plumbed more houses than I wanted to going that route
Most people in life want honesty 1st and foremost. When I knew I was the best at something, I'd tell people there were cheaper people out there, heck I'd give them the names of some.....ended up doing most of that work too.

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BTW vapor renu gingerbread has the same nasty clove taste as the TV stuff. Apparently one of the flavoring places has a bad batch floating around.