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In reply to the discussion: Consumers Fed Up With Food Costs Are Ditching Big Brands [View all]MagickMuffin
(15,992 posts)71. As far as manufactured food, it's all the same just different branding
I worked for a co-op of local small grocery stores in Texas.
Ill let wiki take it from here
A retailers' cooperative is a type of cooperative which employs economies of scale on behalf of its retailer members.[1] Retailers' cooperatives use their purchasing power to acquire discounts from manufacturers and often share marketing expenses. A retailers' cooperative is essentially a group of independently owned businesses that pool their resources to purchase in bulk, usually by establishing a central buying organization, and engage in joint promotion efforts.[2] It is common for locally owned grocery stores, hardware stores, and pharmacies to participate in retailers' cooperatives.
A consumers' cooperative, sometimes referred to as a retail cooperative, should be distinguished from a retailers' cooperative.it's a very good and affordable brand quality at its best.
So, if youre buying General Mills cereal you can buy the store brand and safe yourself some money. Although I dont know if the greed had caused store brands to also have to raise prices.
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Factor in ever increasing profits and prove the Big Lie - price gouging not inflation.
NoMoreRepugs
May 5
#2
Perhaps excerpt posted didn't include why consumers are opting for house brand over National brand grocery items or
Freethinker65
May 5
#11
Given it's Wall Street Journal, I tend to agree. When I see articles like this appearing in
KPN
May 5
#41
Yup, gave it all up a decade ago. No junk food joints or take-out coffee. Just an ice cream cone now and then
Joinfortmill
May 5
#13
This isn't where I thought the story was gong to go. I expected to read about complaints like a box of Corn Flakes for
TeamProg
May 5
#18
Corn Flakes aren't health food, either. Not sure why the health food connection was made.
TeamProg
May 5
#29
CEO making over 20 times what a line worker does is over compensated and brings
Traurigkeit
May 5
#66
Yes, gouging is part of it but there has been inflation that's nobody's fault.
Elessar Zappa
May 5
#26
Of course Biden will be blamed and not corporate greed through price gouging and portion shrinkage.
AZLD4Candidate
May 5
#31
That is it at the organic level. My blood pressure tends to rise as well when they blame labor
KPN
May 5
#51
Too bad we can't all just buy when things are on a real bargain sale. My wife and I are fortunate
KPN
May 5
#49
I went into McDonalds for an Egg McMuffin and when they asked me for $6.27, I said no thanks.
SunSeeker
May 5
#57
If by WFM you mean Whole Foods Market, yes, the Amazon Prime discount is nice, but WFM is still too high.
SunSeeker
May 5
#63
Wanted to make a pot of beans the other day...ham hocks were two for eight dollars at Smith's.
pecosbob
May 5
#62
started shopping at aldi when i needed to streech my moms food dollars(social security)
dembotoz
May 5
#76
I started shopping at Aldi because there are fewer screaming kids in there...
Trueblue Texan
May 5
#85