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How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I don't know how they think we're all going to survive with these prices.

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[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -1 points 9 months ago

I buy beef from my local farmer. His cost of went up and his prices have adjusted. He’s 3x more expensive but about about to quit because he can’t turn a profit.

[-] red@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -1 points 9 months ago

That is the issue he is running into. He has tripled the prices but his margin is lower than before.

I get many people want to blame the stores but this problem is further up the chain and someone is miking the system. I have two customers who are grocery store chains and they have said, the only reason they are profitable is they can't hire people and they have to use corporate staff to help in their stores. I know the director of security has to stock shelves two days a week.

I am not one for the government getting in the middle of everything but they need to audit the supply chain and figure out what is really going.

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