"Looking at the prospects for next year I think it's fair to say I'm more worried than other members that these sort of expectations may get built into the wage bargaining, price setting process, " Mr Weale said.
However, these studies do show that farmers (who get only about 30% of the retail price for meat) have much weaker bargaining power than the food processors and the supermarkets who can use their clout to keep prices low.
That might not seem like much but multiply it over a dozen channels and consider that the price might even go higher since you have no bargaining power, and suddenly your cable is getting pricey again.
If it decided to buy Ameristock, an independent appraiser would have had to determine the price, Gerber says, since he would be sitting on both sides of the bargaining table.
Keep your bargaining cheerful, smiling and light-hearted, and the gentle back-and-forth of price negotiation (however much you might initially cringe at the idea) can become one of the most enjoyable elements of the entire experience.