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I live within a few minutes of multiple food stores. It may just be my observation, but when I do go to Ralph's, the large crowds that were the norm are now much lighter and the meat isle is like a ghost town.What the market will bear…….
Businesses have to hate the interweb, people can stand in the store scan the barcode and find what the item is selling for at a dozen other locations.
thank you for providing us a brilliant example of why/how capitalism -which seeks to maximize profits- works to keep prices low.even though that is not the goalI had my suspicions. Since we shop all over I'd seen how the Kroger Family stores had much higher pricing on certain staple items we use. For example, the type of water we buy had gone from $.99 per gallon to $1.30 per gallon, yet I can still buy it for $.99 at Target and Smart & Final. And now, a new report by "accountable.us" has come out directly naming Kroger as a price gouger. Et tu Ralph's? Et tu?
Companies use inflation to hike prices and generate huge profits, report says
The top 10 retailers have raked in $99 billion of profit last year, according to one corporate accountability group.www.cbsnews.com
I had my suspicions. Since we shop all over I'd seen how the Kroger Family stores had much higher pricing on certain staple items we use. For example, the type of water we buy had gone from $.99 per gallon to $1.30 per gallon, yet I can still buy it for $.99 at Target and Smart & Final. And now, a new report by "accountable.us" has come out directly naming Kroger as a price gouger. Et tu Ralph's? Et tu?
Companies use inflation to hike prices and generate huge profits, report says
The top 10 retailers have raked in $99 billion of profit last year, according to one corporate accountability group.www.cbsnews.com
Who is Ralph?I live within a few minutes of multiple food stores. It may just be my observation, but when I do go to Ralph's, the large crowds that were the norm are now much lighter and the meat isle is like a ghost town.
My main point has always been that Biden had no control over the causes of these Worldwide issues the planet is having. That his administration is now coming up with creative fixes should be seen as a good thing. But, unfortunately no matter what Biden does, he will never enjoy the support of MAGA,as MAGA is still so butt hurt over the loss of their demigod at the hands of a stuttering octogenarian, that they can't accept anything good Biden may have to offer. Look, Biden certainly wasn't my first choice as president. I know Biden all but insured nothing but the same status quo from Obama's reign. And I'm sorry that your kind refuse to see what a clusterf**k Donald was that he had to be removed at all costs. Now.....It is what it isThis is gouging too...
Biden administration announces it will resume onshore oil and gas lease sales with higher royalty rate
I was told there's nothing the President can do to affect gas prices.
My Family, for good bad or worse, only like to drink "distilled" water. I, myself, have also gotten so used to distilled, that all other water tastes "off" now. Trust me, I wish I could get away with using a water filter.Why are you buying water from a grocery store?
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Obviously, if you are willing to pay the higher price then the store had no incentive not to raise it.
You are so welcome.thank you for providing us a brilliant example of why/how capitalism -which seeks to maximize profits- works to keep prices low.even though that is not the goal
Closed restaurants, make people stay at home; it would make sense that grocery stores would have a good year.I had my suspicions. Since we shop all over I'd seen how the Kroger Family stores had much higher pricing on certain staple items we use. For example, the type of water we buy had gone from $.99 per gallon to $1.30 per gallon, yet I can still buy it for $.99 at Target and Smart & Final. And now, a new report by "accountable.us" has come out directly naming Kroger as a price gouger. Et tu Ralph's? Et tu?
Companies use inflation to hike prices and generate huge profits, report says
The top 10 retailers have raked in $99 billion of profit last year, according to one corporate accountability group.www.cbsnews.com
My Family, for good bad or worse, only like to drink "distilled" water. I, myself, have also gotten so used to distilled, that all other water tastes "off" now. Trust me, I wish I could get away with using a water filter.
My main point has always been that Biden had no control over the causes of these Worldwide issues the planet is having. That his administration is now coming up with creative fixes should be seen as a good thing. But, unfortunately no matter what Biden does, he will never enjoy the support of MAGA,as MAGA is still so butt hurt over the loss of their demigod at the hands of a stuttering octogenarian, that they can't accept anything good Biden may have to offer.
Look, Biden certainly wasn't my first choice as president. I know Biden all but insured nothing but the same status quo from Obama's reign. And I'm sorry that your kind refuse to see what a clusterf**k Donald was that he had to be removed at all costs.
Now.....It is what it is
I had my suspicions. Since we shop all over I'd seen how the Kroger Family stores had much higher pricing on certain staple items we use. For example, the type of water we buy had gone from $.99 per gallon to $1.30 per gallon, yet I can still buy it for $.99 at Target and Smart & Final. And now, a new report by "accountable.us" has come out directly naming Kroger as a price gouger. Et tu Ralph's? Et tu?
Companies use inflation to hike prices and generate huge profits, report says
The top 10 retailers have raked in $99 billion of profit last year, according to one corporate accountability group.www.cbsnews.com
Have you conducted a blind taste test?My Family, for good bad or worse, only like to drink "distilled" water. I, myself, have also gotten so used to distilled, that all other water tastes "off" now. Trust me, I wish I could get away with using a water filter.
This is gouging too...
Biden administration announces it will resume onshore oil and gas lease sales with higher royalty rate
I was told there's nothing the President can do to affect gas prices.
He's doing this to shut his critics up. I think it's a bad idea, personally. We ought to just live with inflation and consume less until things simmer back down to normal again. But I know he's looking at summer forecasts of gas between $6-8/gallon according to a few of the estimates I've seen and he knows that's a slaughterhouse at the polls waiting to happen.
He's doing this to shut his critics up. I think it's a bad idea, personally. We ought to just live with inflation and consume less until things simmer back down to normal again. But I know he's looking at summer forecasts of gas between $6-8/gallon according to a few of the estimates I've seen and he knows that's a slaughterhouse at the polls waiting to happen.
So then, he CAN do something and the left were lying about it.
I already knew that. Fuel prices are directly related to Kroger's pricing.
Not even close to true.He has nothing to offer.
Look at the state of the nation and world. Biden and democrats made things worse.
Yes, a disaster measurable by any metric.
Not necessarily. I mean, maybe he can do something about the price of gas, but it's a matter of whether it's worth the trouble. In the case of the SPR, for instance, releasing millions of barrels of oil might temporarily decrease the cost of gas in the very near term while simultaneously decreasing our domestic supply and actually making prices more expenses in the longer term ceteris paribus.
With respect to the leases, he's basically signaling willingness to ignore longer-term environmental concerns in favor of immediate political benefit - well, reduction of political damage is more like it. Again, calling it strictly like I see it and taking my partisan blinders off, I don't like what he's doing. I think Biden the leader needs to have the balls to tell people what we need to hear, which is we need to start living within our means, and that living within our means is more than just about what's in our bank accounts and long our credit lines are. We need to seriously double down on protecting our environment - the costs we refuse to pay now will be triple or quadruple not even a decade or two down the road.
Nice edit……Not even close to true.
Not necessarily. I mean, maybe he can do something about the price of gas, but it's a matter of whether it's worth the trouble.
In the case of the SPR, for instance, releasing millions of barrels of oil might temporarily decrease the cost of gas in the very near term while simultaneously decreasing our domestic supply and actually making prices more expenses in the longer term ceteris paribus.
With respect to the leases, he's basically signaling willingness to ignore longer-term environmental concerns in favor of immediate political benefit - well, reduction of political damage is more like it.
Again, calling it strictly like I see it and taking my partisan blinders off, I don't like what he's doing. I think Biden the leader needs to have the balls to tell people what we need to hear, which is we need to start living within our means, and that living within our means is more than just about what's in our bank accounts and long our credit lines are.
We need to seriously double down on protecting our environment - the costs we refuse to pay now will be triple or quadruple not even a decade or two down the road.
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