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Do grocery process really have to go up? Because people aren’t necessarily gonna spend more.

A lot of them are just gonna spend the same amount but by less stuff.
Why can’t they just keep grocery prices down?
I don’t understand how inflation works.
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YoMomma ·
It goes up because of expense.. it cost more for fuel so it cost more to transport it.. wage rate goes up so it cost more to pay the employees.. it cost more to make the stuff and acquire the stuff to make the stuff so the price goes up all around so they have to rase the prices to make money
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@YoMomma or everybody can diminish costs to make it more fair. Because what’s the game here? Complete recession everybody is poor.??!!
YoMomma ·
@Ferise1 it’s no game it’s business
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@YoMomma same thing
YoMomma ·
@Ferise1 they are selling stuff to make money.. they have to sell it for more than it cost them otherwise they don't make any money.. 😏
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@YoMomma so everybody staves
YoMomma ·
@Ferise1 if you had to make a living through work you'd understand eh? But you are oblivious to other people’s struggles of working for a living

Maybe you should try it, if you had to buy all the stuff yourself and sell it, you’d raise your prices too
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@YoMomma if everybody lowered their prices we wouldn’t have this problem
YoMomma ·
@Ferise1 they can’t, not when they officially rase the wage rate it pushes everything up by default
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@YoMomma wages haven’t gone up in decades
YoMomma ·
@Ferise1 i think you are out of the loop because they are going up here anyway idk about there but i presume they go up as well worldwide 🤐
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@YoMomma The Wage-Productivity Gap
Historical Context: Following World War II, worker pay and productivity grew at a similar rate.
The Divergence: Since around 1973, this link has broken, with productivity increasing significantly while the pay of a typical worker lagged far behind.
Consequences: This means workers are producing more value per hour but aren't receiving a proportionally larger share of it in their paychecks and benefits.

Meanwhile, there are a lot more billionaires 🙄