DOLLAR STORES PLANNING FOR PERMANENT AMERICAN UNDERCLASS, SELL MORE GROCERIES THAN WHOLE FOODS

[The Up Right Man]

Did you read article before you posted? Just curious

Part of the article. It said what’s been done and known for years as of the 90s.

When people hit corner stores they don’t go in to buy nuts and water or the bananas. They get blue mystic and some flaming hots and a honey bun. Or the pickle eggs.

Wouldn’t this be considered food? Cause if that’s the case corner stores feed more people than whole foods too.

 

[itsyoung!!]

you have people foaming at the mouth whenever socialism or increased minimum wage are mentioned. Both of these probably need to happen and the biggest thing stopping it is racism. People would rather starve themselves than think black people are getting "handouts".

$15 a hour min wage has already happened in multiple big cities (San Francisco and Seattle) its done nothing positive except raise prices on already expensive shyt. The people who got the pay raise still live in poverty as every business just raised their prices to off set the min wage... as we tried to warn everyone..

Toll on the Bay Bridge is going up another $1 in January ($6 per pass through soon itll require you $50 just to drive to San Francisco and park for 2 hours............... not even including any other activities. Parking $20-30 + $12 toll if you live in many of the suburbs of the bay area)

McDonalds meals are now almost $10 a piece (got 2 cheeseburgers large fries and large drink on a drunk night 2 weeks ago, came out to $9.20... this is 30 minutes out from San Francisco as well)

almost all restaurants now have a sign next to the register that says due to increase of wages we have added an additional fee to cover this

raising the min wage did nothing except hurt everyone. Its not the wages that are the issue im not sure why so many people dont understand this? Raising the wage will never help. We need to lower the cost of living.. and yes their is a difference..

 

[frush11]

Are people really this poor they shopping for groceries at Dollar tree store?

Only time I stepped in a Dollar tree this whole year was a few days ago for cheap Xmas gift bags for all the presents I got everyone

Yes

 

[frush11]

Why can’t they use amazon Whole Foods delivery, Peapod or instacart?

There’s no such thing as a food dessert

What world do you live in. A lot of folks can't afford much after main bills are paid

 

[Rawtid]

Why go to Dollar General when Save A Lot and Aldi exist

Because it's a guaranteed $1

 

[NinoBrown]

I couldn't fathom eating real food from any Dollar Store...that place always was a joke for cheap items that broke and ran out in 5 minutes...

Only use them to stock up for movie snacks....

 

[SoulController]

sometimes i hit a DG or Dollar Tree for some items for charity activities, and without a doubt i see at least 1 or 2 families shopping for food

that rate is return is unheard of, it only takes 1.5 years to get the investment back

im in Camden Co, NJ and we have had at least 5 pop up in the surrounding areas in the past year. they go up fast as hell, doesnt even matter if the rest of the strip is vacated they will take 2 spots and will be up and running within a few months

 

[Vandelay]

$15 a hour min wage has already happened in multiple big cities (San Francisco and Seattle) its done nothing positive except raise prices on already expensive shyt. The people who got the pay raise still live in poverty as every business just raised their prices to off set the min wage... as we tried to warn everyone..

Toll on the Bay Bridge is going up another $1 in January ($6 per pass through soon itll require you $50 just to drive to San Francisco and park for 2 hours............... not even including any other activities. Parking $20-30 + $12 toll if you live in many of the suburbs of the bay area)

McDonalds meals are now almost $10 a piece (got 2 cheeseburgers large fries and large drink on a drunk night 2 weeks ago, came out to $9.20... this is 30 minutes out from San Francisco as well)

almost all restaurants now have a sign next to the register that says due to increase of wages we have added an additional fee to cover this

raising the min wage did nothing except hurt everyone. Its not the wages that are the issue im not sure why so many people dont understand this? Raising the wage will never help. We need to lower the cost of living.. and yes their is a difference..

Most won't hear you.

 

[Strapped]

you have people foaming at the mouth whenever socialism or increased minimum wage are mentioned. Both of these probably need to happen and the biggest thing stopping it is racism. People would rather

Why can’t they use amazon Whole Foods delivery, Peapod or instacart?

There’s no such thing as a food dessert

Why give a company who creates these issues more money

 

[Strapped]

$15 a hour min wage has already happened in multiple big cities (San Francisco and Seattle) its done nothing positive except raise prices on already expensive shyt. The people who got the pay raise still live in poverty as every business just raised their prices to off set the min wage... as we tried to warn everyone..

Toll on the Bay Bridge is going up another $1 in January ($6 per pass through soon itll require you $50 just to drive to San Francisco and park for 2 hours............... not even including any other activities. Parking $20-30 + $12 toll if you live in many of the suburbs of the bay area)

McDonalds meals are now almost $10 a piece (got 2 cheeseburgers large fries and large drink on a drunk night 2 weeks ago, came out to $9.20... this is 30 minutes out from San Francisco as well)

almost all restaurants now have a sign next to the register that says due to increase of wages we have added an additional fee to cover this

raising the min wage did nothing except hurt everyone. Its not the wages that are the issue im not sure why so many people dont understand this? Raising the wage will never help. We need to lower the cost of living.. and yes their is a difference..

You do know that greed is what makes these business raise rates like you mention , these same businesses have so many write offs & pay lili to zero taxes.

 

[itsyoung!!]

You do know that greed is what makes these business raise rates like you mention , these same businesses have so many write offs & pay lili to zero taxes.

yeah thatd work if it was only big corporations that did this but its literally almost 100% of businesses no matter how small , local or big they are.

The cost of living (apartment rent, housing market, FOOD, fun activites [movies, zoos, etc.], cell phone bills, cable bills, etc.) has gone up too quick and inflation is no where NEAR keeping up at historical levels..

the apartment rent has doubled and in some places tripled in most places in California.. but income hasnt doubled or tripled, in fact its actually stayed near the same the past 10 years..

the higher minimum wage has only hurt smaller businesses while the people who went from $10 a hour to $15 a hour still cant afford to live in San Francisco as the average rent in San Francisco $3677 for an apartment.

$15 a hour is only $2400 a month, at full time, before taxes.

So what did it accomplish besides raising prices for everyone?

As of November 2018, average rent for an apartment in San Francisco, CA is $3677 which is a 1.69% increase from last year when the average rent was $3615 , and a 0.46% decrease from last month when the average rent was $3694.

One bedroom apartments in San Francisco rent for $3294 a month on average (a 1.82% decrease from last year) and two bedroom apartment rents average $4460 (a 0.2% increase from last year).

but now food that was $6 is now almost $9-10 to off set the min wage difference..

see you arent a business owner.. so from your eyes you are only seeing it from a single person issue (putting yourself in someone elses shoes)

but as a business owner I have 3 bartenders, 3 barbacks and 10 VIP girls to pay for.

these are min wage + tips type of jobs.

in 2015 my cost on this would be $704 ($11/hr x 16 people x 4 hours)
in 2018 my cost on this is now $960

im paying $260 more per night, $520-800 extra per week(if i do a 3rd party), $2080-$3200 more per month just on staffing.. thats an extra $40k a year if I dont do any extra parties

where do you think we have to make up the other $40k a year not including the higher cost of goods (cups, alcohol price raising due to this.. Hennessy was $29.99 3 years ago its now $45.99 as example.. moet nectars $49.99 now $65, etc.) ??

We have to raise prices.. its not as simple as just giving 1 person an extra $4 a hour...

 

[Dwayne_Taylor]

Why can’t they use amazon Whole Foods delivery, Peapod or instacart?

There’s no such thing as a food dessert

You must be living in a 1% bubble. All those options are way more expensive and lots of poor people dont even have internet.

 

[CobaltBlue]

Part of the article. It said what’s been done and known for years as of the 90s.

When people hit corner stores they don’t go in to buy nuts and water or the bananas. They get blue mystic and some flaming hots and a honey bun. Or the pickle eggs.

Wouldn’t this be considered food? Cause if that’s the case corner stores feed more people than whole foods too.

It’s a lil deeper than that and the article alluded to it. The fact that Dollar stores often deter regular grocery stores from even coming into a neighborhood. Also the chain actually lobbied against the healthcare bill at the peril of their base customers. And their explosive growth along with their projections for the future indicate they’re betting big on looming dark economic days ahead. That’s just some of it...

 

[GPBear]

yeah thatd work if it was only big corporations that did this but its literally almost 100% of businesses no matter how small , local or big they are.

The cost of living (apartment rent, housing market, FOOD, fun activites [movies, zoos, etc.], cell phone bills, cable bills, etc.) has gone up too quick and inflation is no where NEAR keeping up at historical levels..

the apartment rent has doubled and in some places tripled in most places in California.. but income hasnt doubled or tripled, in fact its actually stayed near the same the past 10 years..

the higher minimum wage has only hurt smaller businesses while the people who went from $10 a hour to $15 a hour still cant afford to live in San Francisco as the average rent in San Francisco $3677 for an apartment.

$15 a hour is only $2400 a month, at full time, before taxes.

So what did it accomplish besides raising prices for everyone?



but now food that was $6 is now almost $9-10 to off set the min wage difference..

see you arent a business owner.. so from your eyes you are only seeing it from a single person issue (putting yourself in someone elses shoes)

but as a business owner I have 3 bartenders, 3 barbacks and 10 VIP girls to pay for.

these are min wage + tips type of jobs.

in 2015 my cost on this would be $704 ($11/hr x 16 people x 4 hours)
in 2018 my cost on this is now $960

im paying $260 more per night, $520-800 extra per week(if i do a 3rd party), $2080-$3200 more per month just on staffing.. thats an extra $40k a year if I dont do any extra parties

where do you think we have to make up the other $40k a year not including the higher cost of goods (cups, alcohol price raising due to this.. Hennessy was $29.99 3 years ago its now $45.99 as example.. moet nectars $49.99 now $65, etc.) ??

We have to raise prices.. its not as simple as just giving 1 person an extra $4 a hour...

Of course the guy running a strip club has a skewed perspective on socio-economics. Jesus fukking Christ

 

[the cac mamba]

Of course the guy running a strip club has a skewed perspective on socio-economics. Jesus fukking Christ

that dude is running a business and providing a real example of his costs that result from new laws. meanwhile you're in other threads saying shyt like "i'm on food stamps ", never providing any real solutions, but believing that your white liberal guilt is the answer for socio economics

i think i know who i'll listen to