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Almost like the cost of living is unachievable for those on the lowest wages.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hmm, how does that track with their annual profits over that last year?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cuntdown's profits were actually down, citing inflationary pressures etc, despite an increase in turnover. Pak n Save may be in a similar situation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I mean, cuntdown still found the money for a $400,000,000 rebranding... Were their profits down by $400,000,000 or are they spending hundreds of millions on a vanity exercise with a side benefit of good PR?

Also, reminder that they all made record profits over the pandemic and "slightly less than the most ever but still well above traditional levels" isn't a fair amount of profit for them to make.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It warmed my heart to read that.