Your current higher profit margins were my former lunch money. You kept all my raises for yourself, and then gave yourself some nice bonuses for fucking me over.
I love how corporate behavior is all “free market! competition creates better value for the customer!” Then they keep increasing their prices steadily and when that price becomes too much for the consumer they complain about not having any sales anymore and need to increase prices even more to cover lost profits… instead of doing the free market thing which is… ya know… lowering their prices to stay competitive.
Seeing $9 for a freaking cheese sandwich at a coffee shop? It’s not even gourmet shit. In my city, the average sandwich and a drink is about $15. This is convenience stores, deli counters, food trucks, bars.
They all had to raise prices because corporations raised prices.
Dear corporations,
Your current higher profit margins were my former lunch money. You kept all my raises for yourself, and then gave yourself some nice bonuses for fucking me over.
Quit blaming ME for ruining the economy.
Sincerely, The (former) middle class
P.S. Also, groceries are already expensive enough. Eating out costs even more than that.
I love how corporate behavior is all “free market! competition creates better value for the customer!” Then they keep increasing their prices steadily and when that price becomes too much for the consumer they complain about not having any sales anymore and need to increase prices even more to cover lost profits… instead of doing the free market thing which is… ya know… lowering their prices to stay competitive.
Corporates: [watching the free market undervalue labor less than usual] nobody wants to work anymore!
Nobody wants to be slaves!
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3ee2cba5-c9a8-4deb-9b8c-35bc38806b44.jpeg Correct.
I’d just like to add that a truly “free market” is not conducive to competition long-term
Even small businesses got fucked.
Seeing $9 for a freaking cheese sandwich at a coffee shop? It’s not even gourmet shit. In my city, the average sandwich and a drink is about $15. This is convenience stores, deli counters, food trucks, bars.
They all had to raise prices because corporations raised prices.