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17. My grocery store has increase wages/hour multiple times during 2022
Wed Nov 23, 2022, 11:25 PM
Nov 2022

Grocery stores run on small margin of profit. They can't increase wages so high so the items become unaffordable and people will go to shop Costco or other high volume stores.

It happens this time of the year as the Holidays approach. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2022 #1
My local grocery store cant find workers so now at140 Nov 2022 #2
I agree I hate the self checkouts. I'll use it if the line to check out is long, but otherwise never jimfields33 Nov 2022 #3
My local chain store now restricts self-checkout lanes to 15 or fewer items, and you have progree Nov 2022 #9
I don't like self check out, because, besides taking away workers jimfields33 Nov 2022 #10
I get in and out faster, I pack my own bags the way I want them packed (I have to walk them progree Nov 2022 #12
I can understand that actually. jimfields33 Nov 2022 #14
Self checkouts are very slow when shopping produce at grocery store at140 Nov 2022 #16
The store I frequent has scales in produce that let you look up the code and print out a bar code MichMan Nov 2022 #19
In local Publix store, I have to find the exact item at140 Nov 2022 #20
I've had cashiers ring up a more expensive item a number of times progree Nov 2022 #21
"Item not recognized".. agingdem Nov 2022 #4
If they can't find workers, what do you suggest they do? MichMan Nov 2022 #5
Comeon....those self checkouts have nothing to do with finding workers Bengus81 Nov 2022 #6
You might to want to read the post I was directly replying to.... MichMan Nov 2022 #7
What's crazy is it cost $250,000 per check out in Walmart or Winn-Dixie or Publix jimfields33 Nov 2022 #11
Is it the saving money or indeed newdayneeded Nov 2022 #15
During the pandemic, everyone was encouraged to use self checkout MichMan Nov 2022 #18
My grocery store has increase wages/hour multiple times during 2022 at140 Nov 2022 #17
Labor force participation rate is down 5.1 percentage points from the 2000 peak, and has not grown progree Nov 2022 #8
I didn'y know Elon Musk Mr.Bill Nov 2022 #13
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