I think you've got it backwards, lol.
Then what? The big bad nutrient company is demanding that your hydro shop make a profit?
"No! You may not charge less than this amount! We demand that you make enough money to pay your bills and keep your doors open!"
WTF? Is that seriously what you're claiming Advanced Nutrients is doing?
Either you're saying that AN won't let them charge over a certain amount or under a certain amount (you've failed yet to be clear on which one). The first case is good for us, the second case just doesn't make sense except to protect the small hydro shops from getting screwed over by the big ones.
Remember how there used to be dozens and dozens of little general stores around? And then giant general stores like Wal-Mart figured out they could come in and price cut so low they were actually losing money, but that because they were really big and national they could do it in small local areas, drive the small businesses bankrupt, and then price fix to their heart's content?
And now we've just got Wal-Mart and a few others.
I'll bet you anything that IF (big if) what you're saying about AN making demands on their retail prices is true it's to protect small businesses, and thereby us. The retail price doesn't really matter to them in terms of money - they get paid wholesale price. So if they're worried about the retail price it can't be for selfish reasons.