题目选项分析

McCray's Dairy Industries stands to reap tremendous profits in the coming year. The new milking apparatus and packing equipment purchased and installed last year allows McCray's to produce the same quantity of dairy products at less than one third of the previous cost. Restaurants and academic institutions throughout the state will choose to purchase all their dairy products from McCray's, because they will be available at a much lower cost than similar products from rival producers.

The argument above assumes which of the following?

【选项】Buyers at restaurants and academic institutions throughout the state would prefer McCray's dairy products over rival dairy products if cost were no object.