VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 11 days agoThey eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square328linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThey eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.discuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square328linkfedilink
minus-squareMagnus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoThey will increase prices by 10% to offset this.
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoGrocery prices have gone up 25% to 30% since 2020. It has been at least three full years since the pandemic was declared over. And food prices have gone up at around 10% since then. They don’t need an excuse to add 10%, they’re doing it anyway. Sources: https://americandefault.org/statistics/grocery-price-increase-since-2020/ https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2025/june/food-price-inflation-slowed-in-2023-and-2024
minus-squareGalacticRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoGeneral inflation has went up 30% since 2020. So it matches food increases perfectly.
They will increase prices by 10% to offset this.
Grocery prices have gone up 25% to 30% since 2020. It has been at least three full years since the pandemic was declared over. And food prices have gone up at around 10% since then.
They don’t need an excuse to add 10%, they’re doing it anyway.
Sources:
https://americandefault.org/statistics/grocery-price-increase-since-2020/
https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2025/june/food-price-inflation-slowed-in-2023-and-2024
General inflation has went up 30% since 2020. So it matches food increases perfectly.