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My local Sprouts occasionally puts old or discontinued products for 99 cents and I end up feeling like it’s a fucking holiday. Like, fuck yeah I’ll take these discontinued lemon and poppy seed cookies no one wanted.

I think they have an anti waste policy, cause those sales get real heavy sometimes.

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grue@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
A small recompense for the huge prices they charge the rest of the time!

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- taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Seriously… It’s so randomly priced, lol. $13 soup? 25 cent bell pepper? $40 herbal supplement?
  
  But I will defend their $4.50 milk, everyone caught up on prices anyway but I swear it tastes better. Same with the $4 eggs that… At one point during the eggdemic, was the cheapest eggs on market. They didn’t even raise their price, they just have different suppliers than Target next door selling shit eggs for $8 a dozen. Lol
  
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Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I bet those ‘sale’ prices are what the actual sale price should be before the corruption and collusion taxes are applied

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- taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I mean, yes and no, there are transport costs and stuff, plus you have operational costs. But they definitely mark up prices by a lot, especially things made in house like their cookies and muffins. Muffins start at $6, they get a mark down to $4 after a day, and probably more but they usually sell at $4. If you consider labor prices, energy cost, and ingredients, that day-old price is still pretty profitable.
  
  You want corruption though, I’m glad Albertsons didn’t get the merger with Kroger/Ralph’s. They already do piss poor quality at high prices for no reason, but I’m also certain they’ve tried to bribe their way into that merger.
  
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