I’m not even kidding.

  • @Eat_Yo_Vegetables69@lemmygrad.ml
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    3310 months ago

    Gommies is when no food starve to death dystopia.

    No wait cheap food is gommie dystopia, every poor pleb should have the freedom to starve to death in the cold streets like we do here in the west.

  • @lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    I want to eat the 50 cent meat skewers in the cosy outoors with purple light knowing that it pisses off the West 😭

  • @knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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    2310 months ago

    Meanwhile in Amerikkka:

    Costco CEO says $1.50 hot dogs and $4.99 rotisserie chickens aren’t going away

    In two months, Ikea sold 1 million of its new [75 cent] veggie hot dogs […] People love it.

      • @knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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        810 months ago

        The Ikea hot dog isn’t profitable, it’s just another way to get people into the stores. A normal hot dog in the US probably costs more like $5-7 at this point. I get the sense that in Europe food is less expensive compared to people’s average wage than in the US, but I may be off on that, especially with current food price increases.

    • lemmygrabber
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      810 months ago

      Five dollars for a whole rotisserie chicken? That sounds extremely cheap.

      • @knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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        910 months ago

        It is extremely cheap. It’s what business people call a “loss leader.” The idea is to use the absurdly cheap rotisserie chicken as a means to motivate people to come into the store. When you have people in the store, it’s easier to sell them more stuff that you actually make money on.

          • @knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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            910 months ago

            It seems to be a mix between high volume (“hey this seems cheap, let’s buy lots”, plus Costco doesn’t do small sizes), membership fees (free money plus it incentives customer loyalty), and some additional services they offer like handyman type work and some B2B stuff (services from retailers are always marked up crazy high compared to the physical goods).

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      2310 months ago
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  • JucheBot1988
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    1210 months ago

    To quote Deng Xiaoping: “You guys are gonna be winning so much you may even get tired of winning”