• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What I’m always stunned by, who is fucking stupid enough to shop there?! I go to the pharmacy, get my shit, leave. Even when I had a fat income, I still wouldn’t pay those prices.

    Locally, the Winn Dixie is shutting down because the new Publix out competed them. For those not in the know, both are very nice groceries, with Publix a little nicer and way costlier. FFS, we have an Aldi (along with 5 other cheaper groceries) and it’s never as busy as the expensive stores.

    Hit a couple of big box stores waiting on my wife. Never go in those places anymore, especially since inflation went nuts the last couple of years. People pay for that crap?! At Pets Mart a chunk of driftwood is between $20 and $50! Y’all, we’re in Florida, paying for driftwood and sand. The mind boggles.

    tl:dr; American consumers are idiots and I’m not going to hear the whining about high retail prices.

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      we have an Aldi (along with 5 other cheaper groceries) and it’s never as busy as the expensive stores.

      That might also be related to the fact that Aldi tries to be very efficient with its operation so they might handle more customers but those customers aren’t stuck in the store as long.