Not many people realise this, but Hanibal's dad Hamilcar Barca had a lisp, and used his knowledge of abstract syntax trees and delayed execution to deforest parts of the Himalayas in order to let his elephant of a son through.
I suppose I'm trying to tie the disconnect between their costs and their stock value. In my mind, these two metrics would be intimately tied together such that as costs increase, their stock value decreases as they try to keep prices level to compete.
I'm not seeing that trend, it really seems like they're still rewarding their shareholders whilst passing the costs on to the consumer. I simply do not buy their poverty argument
Shouldn't the retailer soak up some of those costs if their suppliers are unable to deliver? In a rational economy where there would be more competition, surely they would take that financial hit to retain their shoppers whilst offsetting the cost on another product.
They don't seem to be doing that. None of them seem to be doing that, and I'm just not buying that the reason is solely because of climate change
Surely they're reselling at far lower prices than they're listed in stores (otherwise who would buy their stolen goods), which forces then the official price for that product to go down in the area, in order to retain shoppers.
For example, there was a time when my cornershop guy was selling 12 packs of Coke for £3.50. I didn't ask where he got them, but I definitely stopped going to my local Sainsbury's for a while (which is currently selling 4 packs for £4.50).
The thief got a cut, the cornershop guy got a cut, and the savings were passed on to me. The retailer's stockholders lost some minor value.
I fail to see how this is not a rebalancing of prices.
Well I'll draw the line at alcohol which I see as a public negative. But chocolate?
Can you honestly tell me that the price increases and volume decreases for it have yielded in a better quality product? Someone has to rebalance that scale if the food regulators wont.
They used to call him the Owl in highschool, not because of his rotating head but because of the inappropriate hooting noises he made whenever his future wife walked into the room.
Not many people realise this, but Hanibal's dad Hamilcar Barca had a lisp, and used his knowledge of abstract syntax trees and delayed execution to deforest parts of the Himalayas in order to let his elephant of a son through.