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global1

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9. Back During The Grocery Shortage Days During The Pandemic - I Talked With Some Stockboys That Were Working The Shelves..
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 07:43 PM
4 hrs ago

they told me that they had plenty of product in the back room - but their superiors were telling them to make the shelves look like - they were almost picked clean. The store raised prices on the products - because they knew they could get away with raising the prices during this bogus shortage.

Most retailers during that period did the same and they made a killing in profit during that time.

You remember. When everyone was out stocking their house with goods because they thought they wouldn't have anything to eat. The run on paper goods (toilet paper, hand towels, kleenex).

Those were the hay days for those stores.

I'm sure that these retailers are taking advantage of this situation too. This time they could blame it on the tariffs - so they are pushing the top end of product pricing again.

Everytime I go to the grocery store - I'm paying more money for the same product I used to get cheaper.

Might as well pile on. Everybody is doing it.

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"Pricing", eh? I hope he gets egg on his face, again. marble falls 5 hrs ago #1
People will realize dweller 5 hrs ago #2
If Trump gets grocery corporations to lower their pricing, He is still a pedo !! stonecutter357 4 hrs ago #3
Canadian laws do not govern pricing in the US. n/t Ms. Toad 4 hrs ago #4
I mentioned that as an example, not to imply we were under the same laws. applegrove 4 hrs ago #7
your point was obvious (to me anyway) ret5hd 4 hrs ago #8
But, "Affordability is a hoax." Bayard 4 hrs ago #5
A lot of grocery items are low profit margin Turbineguy 4 hrs ago #6
Back During The Grocery Shortage Days During The Pandemic - I Talked With Some Stockboys That Were Working The Shelves.. global1 4 hrs ago #9
How do you lower the price of coffee and other import items? Keepthesoulalive 3 hrs ago #10
I would never sue someone NOT to lower prices. Please get lower grocery prices by any means. Melon 3 hrs ago #11
But when they do that for Trump and the jig is up, applegrove 3 hrs ago #12
He'll no I don't want a rebate. I right contracts for a living. I write rebates for suckers. Melon 3 hrs ago #13
I love the 'special pricing' fraud Conjuay 2 hrs ago #14
That's right. Melon 1 hr ago #15
Grocery store net profits are only around 2% MichMan 1 hr ago #16
Walmarts margins Net in 2019 pre Covid 1.30% versus 2025 Net margin 2.85%. 119% improvements in margins Melon 1 hr ago #17
As I've said before... gulliver 56 min ago #18
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