Whomp, that sucks. It’s about on par, and yea I’ve noticed for a while but unless they’ve changed hands, at some point they do need to survive. In the same way I think wages should go up with inflation, I do understand the need to raise prices from time to time as well. The issue I have is with predatory price jumps, shrink-flation, etc. and doubly when the only people who benefit are the super wealthy at the top.
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nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agosoz for necro but Arizona no longer has my whole heart since I got charged $3.50 for a can, they don’t all have {$.99} printed on them anymore :(
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wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
need to survive.
That’s the thing though: they don’t need to survive. We never needed them to, and yet they bleed our public funds to get bailed out every fucking time that can’t come up with another scheme in time. Then, it’s right back to bleeding us more directly. 🤷🏼♂️
Soup@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yes, I am 1,000% aware that no corporation needs to survive. Telling Arizona Iced Tea, one of the few wide-spanning businesses that’s actually decent, that they need to sell at a loss to make you feel good is immensely stupid and there’s mo two ways about it.
Maybe they suddenly started jacking up their prices to make huge profits and stopped treating their employees decently, but I missed that news in that case.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
When their background image shows up on retail clothing, that price hike & quiet pivot was only a meter of time. ☝🏼
IMHO, that shit’s right up there with oversized button-downs emblazoned with copious flames around a serpentine dragon/soaring eagle/howling wolf/et al. 🤦🏼♂️