#tsohost have suddenly announced that they are putting up annual #prices by a factor of between 5 and 10. As a poor #student with no #income, I cannot afford this!
#Recommendations anyone? I need basic features like #email but nothing fancy as my personal website #domain doesn't get a large number of visitors or emails.
Don't think it isn't relevant to you if you don't live there, because it probably is. It certainly reflects trends many people have posted about in the #USA and the #UK, and I would bet it applies elsewhere, as well.
The #supermarket store chains use #marketing tricks of on-site #discounts, #coupons, and frequent shopper reward schemes, making it nearly impossible to know the real prices of items over time, and allowing companies to creep prices upwards unchecked. But this #DataAnalysis method clarifies how so many corporate profits increased so much post-Covid.
Take the time to read the whole thread. It's fascinating-- and eye opening.
Brisbane people love moaning. About the traffic. They love birching. About the foreigners from Asia. They love moaning. About the sunlight savings. They love bitching. About the neigbours. They love moaning. About the neighbours children making noise. But they love bitching AND morning about the Olympics. They aren't happy about...
They've also always had MUCH higher-than-average fast food #prices.
Portillo's can afford to pay better #wages, that's for sure. And their employees are among the most overworked & overstressed in the industry, from what I've seen.
It's currently owned by corporate giant #BerkshireProperties, after founder Dick Portillo sold the company (including several smaller restaurants, like #HoneyJamCafe) in 2014. #Berkshire went public in 2021.
My family has tended to be loyal customers, but we won't be crossing any picket lines, thank you-- not even for their chocolate cake.
Russia said on Monday that it was "pausing" its participation in an agreement that had allowed #Ukraine to #export its #grain by sea despite a wartime blockade, upending a deal seen as essential to keeping #global#food#prices stable.
The announcement appeared to be the most serious blow yet to a year-old agreement that had been a rare example of fruitful talks between the warring nations, and had helped to alleviate part of the global fallout from Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Ukraine is a major producer of grain and other foodstuffs, and the United Nations had warned that some countries in the Middle East and Africa faced #famine if Kyiv could not export its goods via the Black Sea.
"#Prices for #OliveOil are surging further in to record-breaking territory after an extended period of unusually dry weather in southern #Europe damaged crops."
Consumers in #Latvia are worried the most about the rising #prices of utilities, #electricity, and #food, according to a Norstat poll. #Consumers also said that they were "tired" of the rise in the price of #fuel, #healthcare, and clothes.
"More recently the UK stands out among advanced economies as having seen formidably resilient corporate margins in the face of surging costs. In the second half of 2022, UK inflation was about four percentage points higher than it would have been had profits absorbed rising costs as they did before the pandemic.”
Good article on how corporate price-gouging is fuelling inflation.
I think it goes at the #problem ass-backwards. The competition watchdog is at the wrong place in the workflow to accomplish much. By the time a #deal is announced, it's essentially too late for a #regulator to have a meaningful impact on things.
(Very) occasionally it'll block a #merger or #acquisition, but that's reactive at best.
I suggest #legislation that forbids, in advance, any company controlling 10% or more of the #market in #Canada in any category from merging with or acquiring another company - in any field.
Big #companies buy out smaller companies to eliminate competition and drive up #prices, while expanding their market share.
Big companies merge with each other to stop having to #compete with each other.
If you're big enough to have 10% of the national market in something, you can compete for the rest.
When Brisbane people stop bitchin and moaning about the Olympics, you know this is a turning point for Brisbane. Here's why!
Brisbane people love moaning. About the traffic. They love birching. About the foreigners from Asia. They love moaning. About the sunlight savings. They love bitching. About the neigbours. They love moaning. About the neighbours children making noise. But they love bitching AND morning about the Olympics. They aren't happy about...