Are they? I have the ability to go to a competing store and choose the cheapest option, there are several rivalling supermarkets around, even the fuel tends to be cheaper once you have several petrol stations in close proximity.
I feel like Inflation is not hitting me as much as my suburban friends. They keep complaining about the big grocery store chain collusion (they got caught increasing bread prices a few years back).
Where I live there’s line 3 mom&pop produce/pastry/butcher between me and the big chain grocery store. My big chain grocery store is cheaper then other store of the same franchise.
We built huge expensive highway sso huge corps could build mega stores that killed all the locally owned stores. Now they so what they want.
Okay, fair point. I bet inflation and changes in the markets affects big shops with complicated supply chains even more. And at several steps in the process at once. Also their margins are small so they need to hand down increasing prices quickly.
Are they? I have the ability to go to a competing store and choose the cheapest option, there are several rivalling supermarkets around, even the fuel tends to be cheaper once you have several petrol stations in close proximity.
I feel like Inflation is not hitting me as much as my suburban friends. They keep complaining about the big grocery store chain collusion (they got caught increasing bread prices a few years back).
Where I live there’s line 3 mom&pop produce/pastry/butcher between me and the big chain grocery store. My big chain grocery store is cheaper then other store of the same franchise.
We built huge expensive highway sso huge corps could build mega stores that killed all the locally owned stores. Now they so what they want.
Okay, fair point. I bet inflation and changes in the markets affects big shops with complicated supply chains even more. And at several steps in the process at once. Also their margins are small so they need to hand down increasing prices quickly.