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LOL..like that bag of air you buy that has a few potato chips in it
Or that roll of air you buy as toilet tissue or paper towels? Sometimes instead of blowing air into the roll they will just do billowy embossing of the sheets to fill up a roll. These guys are good.
My rent went up $30.00 (market rent they say but a person moving in pays $60.00 cheaper rent than me), my water bill went up (my neighbors have additional people living with them up to 7 in a one bedroom apartment but only report 1 to 2 people on the lease) and my cable is going up. I took two pay cuts this year. I can't afford too much of nothing.
You need to take an econ class because most businesses in a competitive market simply don't have pricing power. Look up that last term if you don't know what it means. As a basic fact, in a competitive market, firms without pricing power cannot raise prices without losing market share and thus not maximizing their profit margin. When price increases due occur which they can't pass on to consumers (and they'd love to do it be often simply can't because then the competition would eat their lunch) they're forced to do one of three things 1) find greater efficiencies to lower production costs 2) eat the price increase in the form of smaller profit margins or 3) make suppliers pay for the price increase by passing costs on to them.
I know exactly what it means and I know, for a fact, that business WILL pass on those taxes on to you, the consumer. But keeping living in your play world.
Idk,from what I see food prices have gone down. Maybe its my area.
Then again,I shop at Aldi and Walmart.
Healthy foods and junk food run about the same price around here.
Also depends on where one shops. There is a difference, believe me and i always compare shop.
However that being said, i notice the price of meat has risen, but in saying this, the quality is down. Seafood is also up. Getting crazy. I make my own lobster thermador etc, and lobster prices are so crazy high.
Making my food last for a couple days these days, so making some great casseroles, and making some of my own up, that friends have asked me for the receipes.
When prices rise have to be resourceful.
Out of my thanksgiving Turkey, i was able to make 4 different meals with it.
When i buy chicken, it goes into my pasta dishes, parmiagna, casseroles, tacos, and burritos. An stir frys. I believe in getting your moneys worth.
Idk,from what I see food prices have gone down. Maybe its my area.
Then again,I shop at Aldi and Walmart.
Healthy foods and junk food run about the same price around here.
Even at the Aldi's in my area has the gallon milk over $3 now.
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