@return2ozma to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agoHow are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?message-square168arrow-up1254arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1237arrow-down1message-squareHow are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?@return2ozma to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agomessage-square168file-text
minus-squareares35linkfedilink22•1 year agosomehow these poor struggling grocers can still buy one another for twenty five billion dollars.
minus-squareares35linkfedilink20•1 year agooverall sales are up, prices are waaay tf up. gross margins are down slightly, but they’re taking that 27.7% (vs 28.1%) from a larger pie. profits are up.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year ago The point being is the cash grab is further up the line It’s certainly not the farmers getting paid more. If anything, the agrifood business that they sell to are pushing the farm gate price down, while at the same time input costs continue to rise.
minus-squareredfellowlinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoI also buy local and they’re thinking about calling it quits. You work all day and margins are so low, they can’t keep fixing / replacing what breaks without increasing debt.
minus-square@Adulated_Aspersionlink3•1 year agoTell that to the billionaires who’s net value doubled in 12 months.
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somehow these poor struggling grocers can still buy one another for twenty five billion dollars.
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overall sales are up, prices are waaay tf up.
gross margins are down slightly, but they’re taking that 27.7% (vs 28.1%) from a larger pie.
profits are up.
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It’s certainly not the farmers getting paid more.
If anything, the agrifood business that they sell to are pushing the farm gate price down, while at the same time input costs continue to rise.
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I also buy local and they’re thinking about calling it quits. You work all day and margins are so low, they can’t keep fixing / replacing what breaks without increasing debt.
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Tell that to the billionaires who’s net value doubled in 12 months.
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