stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery store to address 'food deserts' after giants like Walmart and Whole Foods shutter storesfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square312fedilinkarrow-up1631arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarebobman@unilem.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down4·1 year agoHmm… products and services still cost the same but now there are less people in the chain to make a profit. Sounds like a win-win for me.
minus-squareOnewithwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIf there are less people In the chain, shouldn’t everything cost less?
minus-squareclanginator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThat’s what they’re saying. Wholesale price is the same, retail should go down due to less people in the chain. They just phrased it poorly.
minus-squarebobman@unilem.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoI was referring to the overall cost of products, like what the businesses pay to bring them to market. Yes, things should cost less for customers because businesses are making less profit.
Hmm… products and services still cost the same but now there are less people in the chain to make a profit.
Sounds like a win-win for me.
If there are less people In the chain, shouldn’t everything cost less?
That’s what they’re saying. Wholesale price is the same, retail should go down due to less people in the chain.
They just phrased it poorly.
you would think so
I was referring to the overall cost of products, like what the businesses pay to bring them to market.
Yes, things should cost less for customers because businesses are making less profit.