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[–] KiloGex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Well lucky for me, I stopped shopping at those stores a couple months ago!

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

We must keep our profit margin so we have chosen to put the burden on you lest our billionaires make a few dollars less.

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 8 hours ago

The article doesn't explicitly say they were giggling when they said it, but I'm just going to assume they were.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 42 points 9 hours ago

“Just a fair warning, we’re going to screw you over soon.”

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 6 hours ago

I'm Australian and a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk is 10 dollars now.

Not the dirt pore milk and bread just your average stuff

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 16 points 8 hours ago

They still haven't backed down from the pandemic price hike.

Fortunately the Costco near me has actually been dropping prices, which is nice.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Joke's on you, I already assumed that

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 hours ago

You sure showed them!

[–] PearOfDees69@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

Oh no... Those are stores I'm not longer using hike them prcies up so others can go elsewhere too!

[–] Haess@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Tariffs are a bitch and any corporation will take any chance they can to squeeze more out of you.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago

25% tariffs? 35% price hike, because reasons*.

* which may likely include "why not," "you don't have a choice anyways," or "line must go up"

[–] notsure@fedia.io 4 points 8 hours ago

...we're gonna get more wealth why you pay for ir....and it's legal...