I don’t know about y’all, but I will not ever be going shopping here.

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    2 months ago

    “You should let us reduce competition in the grocery space, because with less competition prices will be lower.”

    That’s a bold take.

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      2 months ago

      Walmart has been doing it for decades to achieve its low prices. The problem isn’t that it won’t work, it’s just still a shitty thing to squeeze every cent from your suppliers.

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        2 months ago

        Wal*Mart does definitely squeeze their suppliers, and it does have relatively low prices, but it’s hardly a charity. It squeezes suppliers, not so that it can supply customers with low prices but so that it can provide profits to investors.

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        2 months ago

        Economies of scale allow for lower costs, not lower prices. Lower prices are a choice that companies make, and it’s a choice they don’t have to make if they don’t have competitors.