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Fast food price increse
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Audie
Veteran Member
You start a business and see if the
money pours in.
Audie
Veteran Member
I hear Costco is famous for it.
And $1.50 hotdogs n drink.
Not that I'd eat it.
Complaining about fast food prices....
First world problems.
Biden & other fools in public office complain
about a problem of no significance. Why?
Because the masses lap up such pandering.
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I recently heard some Congress critter whine
about potato chip bags containing fewer chips,
but with no decrease in price.
"Shrinkflation!"
"Profiteering!"
"Congress should investigate & regulate!"
My solution....
Improve your health by not eating potato chips.
Let's not create more bureaucracy in government
that increases the cost of doing business, which
leads to higher prices.
Government shouldn't be dictating whether businesses
raise prices or reduce quantity. It's gonna be one or
the other. It makes no difference which happens.
First world problems.
Biden & other fools in public office complain
about a problem of no significance. Why?
Because the masses lap up such pandering.
The State of 'Shrinkflation': Why Biden called out skimpy bags of potato chips
The term is relatively new, but companies have long hidden price hikes in plain sight by changing package sizing. Now the debate is getting political.
Fewer Potato Chips In Your Bag? Democrats Want To Crack Down On ‘Shrinkflation’
Lawmakers want to make it an unfair trade practice when companies shrink food and household products but keep the price the same.
I recently heard some Congress critter whine
about potato chip bags containing fewer chips,
but with no decrease in price.
"Shrinkflation!"
"Profiteering!"
"Congress should investigate & regulate!"
My solution....
Improve your health by not eating potato chips.
Let's not create more bureaucracy in government
that increases the cost of doing business, which
leads to higher prices.
Government shouldn't be dictating whether businesses
raise prices or reduce quantity. It's gonna be one or
the other. It makes no difference which happens.
I had one once.
Pretty good.
Great deal.
Alas, hitting 70 years of age I must watch
my figure. No more gorging myself at Costco.
No thanks.
I noticed Aldi didn't rise terribly in price through all this... They're not much higher than they were pre-Covid.
Our local Target had a creative way to raise prices... they got rid of all that wasn't a 'fancy' brand. I was there to pick up a friend from work, and went to grab some Blue Bonnet butter.... Nope. They had organic butter, some Earth Spread?? stuff, other 'natural' or organic choices(which were all very expensive). No Blue Bonnet. No Imperial.
I bought no butter, but I could see many people says "Heck, I'm already here..."
Our local Target had a creative way to raise prices... they got rid of all that wasn't a 'fancy' brand. I was there to pick up a friend from work, and went to grab some Blue Bonnet butter.... Nope. They had organic butter, some Earth Spread?? stuff, other 'natural' or organic choices(which were all very expensive). No Blue Bonnet. No Imperial.
I bought no butter, but I could see many people says "Heck, I'm already here..."
We Never Know
No Slack
On a better note...
I stopped at a mom & pops little place this morning in a small town for breakfast.
I got one biscuit with gravy, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, two bacon, two sausage patty's and a chocolate milk for.......$6.33. I was like wow! A great breakfast at an awesome price! And it was really good food.
If businesses don't put profits over people,
prices will rise. Why?
Businesses exist because of profit. That is a
given. So putting people over profit won't
mean abandoning or even reducing profit.
It'll mean higher prices to recoup the higher
costs.
There is no free lunch.
The location affects prices.
If you go to Grandma's Kitchen in rural PA
(near Brookville), prices are lower than in
urban PA...or urban anywhere.
Why?
Property taxes are low. A friend bought a
house nearby. His yearly property tax bill
is under $300. Mine is over $10,000.
Food here is much spendier.
On the plus side, we have a much better
library for me to not use. And our cops
get better pay for doing nothing useful.
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Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Both you and I are at the ends of the shipping lines. How much food does your area make to take back? If there is no food to take back trucks have to deadhead home. Guess who is going to end up paying to get that truck back where it came from? If tucks are always deadheading an area after they deliver there they have to raid their rates. Southern California has cheap food prices because they need empty trucks to pick up food. I buy at Safeway and if I do not sign into their site first when I look at their weekly ad their LA area add pops up. I am usually rather jealous of the prices that they pay.
I am?
I don't know how much corn, soybeans,
hay, beef, etc is grown here.
Audie
Veteran Member
So maybe dont blame prices on those who try to
make a living by providing services.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Yup. Add in the fact many Americans do not realize how artificially cheap our prices are compared to other countries and were are bound to see some downright loony explanations and reasons from Americans for something effecting everyone.
Just because I don't own a business, doesn't mean I don't get to complain about deceptive price gouging.
**** off and go read about the Tiananmen square massacre.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Near where to where I lived in Indiana, one town had three Rallys. They all had different prices, with the one near the unionized Chrysler plant having the highest prices.
Sometimes it's just smart business when one location is near subsidized housing and another basically next door to a bunch of well paid workers who are known for being loose with their money.
But today we have some nasty wars going on and attacks to ships in a major trade route. No one can work miracles and make a series of painful blows not hurt.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Did you not hear of the recent attacks on shipping vessels? Either ships pay royally in increased insurance premiums or they pay tons more in fuel to take a safer but significantly longer route.
We also still have the effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine that didn't stop.
This isn't deception, it's bad things happening that's fueling it.
Of course various things could happen and prices could go down some, but even In n Out, who doesn't really do advertising and helps keep prices low that way, has seen price increases as well.
We live in a more connected world now, and moreso than ever we feel what happens on the other side of the planet.
Another factor over & above a market willing
to pay more....
The Rally's near the Chrysler plant would very
likely pay higher property taxes because of
higher property valuation.
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But government should force those
wicked profiteers to lower their prices
while increasing worker pay. And put
more potato chips in each bag.