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There's nothing to expose; the local community is well aware how overpriced the store is. They promote themselves as a small independent chain while being owned by the largest grocery distributor in the US other than Walmart. It's disgusting, and I hate them for it. But I'm doing what I can to help from the inside to stop so much waste at least.
I'd love nothing more than to "expose" them, but there's literally nothing that can be done. Take solace in the fact that our grocery sales are actually down significantly and my guess is my particular location will be shuttered inside of a year.
Burn it down
The outcome of that is less availability of groceries, long treks to buy food, and higher prices.
What's actually needed is a unionized competitor
That won’t happen
It can with local support.
Sure, but it’s not going to happen. The country is dead… people just haven’t realized it yet.
Taking control of a local government via an election remains doable for a modestly sized and motivated group. You can change things
I think you will change your mind after the midterms. But I certainly hope you’re right
They're gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
There’s more than gerrymandering going on.
I'd love to. But the way things are going around here, I might need that insider access to the bread lines.
So... Is it a kroger or albertsons subsidiary?
Neither. I can tell you we've been purchased twice in the last 8 months; we were purchased in february by a large grocery distributor, publicly traded, and then about 3 months ago they were purchased by the largest privately owned grocery distributor in the country in a 1.8 Billion dollar deal.
But yeah, they still ride the reputation of the small chain (think 12 stores in a small tristate region) and use that to justify their high prices. Management's answer to any complaint is always "we're a small local business, we don't have the purchasing power of a Walmart". Yeah, not entirely true. Not by a long shot.
Huh, ive never heard of another mego grocer with that kind of money to throw around. Thats interesting. Are yall at least unionized like the others?