[at-l] NOW Wal-Mart... WAS Confusering in VT

[ellen at clinic.net (Bob)]

>"...Ok so competition is alive and well, just what I want to see in this
country. As for food prices, I've heard that the food business is one with =
a
razor thin profit margin, something around 1-2% overall on gross sales in
big supermarkets. So I wouldn't expect to see prices that much lower
anywhere."

Maybe. But from time to time I read things like Maine farmers are getting 3=
 cents a pound wholesale for potatoes and I go to my Maine supermarket and =
see they are selling for 60 cents a pound. =


Farmers are in trouble all across the country from prices that haven't rise=
n in decades, while supermarket prices continue to escalate. Being a cynica=
l sort, I tend to think that all this talk of competition may be a sham -- =
like the stock market during the 90s.

Weary

> ------------Original Message------------
> From: "J Bryan Kramer" <jbryankramer@msn.com>
> To: <RoksnRoots@aol.com>, <ellen@clinic.net>, <AT-L@Backcountry.net>
> Date: Mon, May-31-2004 3:59 PM
> Subject: RE: [at-l] NOW  Wal-Mart... WAS Confusering in VT
> =

> Ok so competition is alive and well, just what I want to see in this
> country. As for food prices, I've heard that the food business is one wit=
h a
> razor thin profit margin, something around 1-2% overall on gross sales in
> big supermarkets. So I wouldn't expect to see prices that much lower
> anywhere.
> =

> It does suprise me to find that Florida supermarket prices seem to be on =
the
> low side generally. When we travel cross country prices almost always see=
m
> to be higher, often a lot higher than what we normally pay at home for th=
e
> same items. A major exception is beef in the midwest which, no surprise, =
is
> much cheaper.
> =

> Bryan
> =

>  Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis!
> =

> > > But not all things are cheap. My Wal-Mart is selling coke 12 packs fo=
r
> > > $3.29. The price at the supermarket is $2.50. A year ago I
> > checked the price of
> > > denatured alcohol. Wal-Mart was 30 percent more expensive than
> > the local
> > > TrueValue Hardware Store.
> > >
> >             ***     Yes. I forgot to add that to my post about Walmart.
> > Walmart practices the same profit-maximizing as any other
> > corporation. Soda is 3.38
> > a 12 pack. You can get it cheaper on sale at supermarkets and gas
> > stations.
> > They have other items that are just as expensive as the
> > supermarket. You will
> > see real deals, but have no doubt there's a strategy involved in
> > their aisles.
> > Obviously, from their 100's billion profits, they could really drop foo=
d
> > prices and still be profitable if low-costs were a true objective...
> >
> >
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