• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    23 hours ago

    Household names like Chipotle and McDonald’s cautioned about flagging purchases among low-income customers.

    “Flagging purchases” is an interesting way to phrase “we tripled our prices and cut staffing to the bare minimum and are surprised that it didn’t result in infinite money”.

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      10 hours ago

      Businesses: How can we pay our staff as little as humanly possible?

      Also businesses: Why don’t people have any money to spend in my store?

      It would be comical if it wasn’t so absurd.

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        3 hours ago

        I’m so thankful the local halal place around the corner from my house is there… and gyro and fries is only like 9 USD. I commented to the owner about how cheap his food is; he said he’s seen a bit of an uptick in business over the summer and he thinks it’s because the chain places have gone mad with pricing.