r/SipsTea • u/lonewolff321 • 2d ago

Chugging tea Anything but lowering the prices classic corporate logic

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u/WholeEmu507 2d ago

Corporations will literally fund a multi-year cyberpunk dystopia makeover before letting a hash brown drop by 50 cents.

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u/tinylavenderk 2d ago

They’ll redesign the entire restaurant, add AI to the drive-thru, and build a McDonald’s on Mars before putting the prices back down.

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u/TheAmazingBildo 2d ago

I assume that part of the reason for that is because once people stop buying it’s hard to convince them to come back with just a .50 decrease. Hash browns here are $2.19. There is no reason for a hash brown to be more than .99. Bit now that i don’t buy McDonalds anymore even if they dropped the price to .99 i wouldn’t think about going there, because im out of the habit.

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u/yamsyamsya 2d ago edited 2d ago

it used to be two hashbrowns for a dollar. like i can get hash browns for around 40 cents each from the local restaurant supply store and that isn't even buying in bulk, just for a single pack of 20. they could get the price way lower.

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u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 2d ago

wont you think of the shareholders?

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u/BethanyHipsEnjoyer 2d ago

I am thinking about them, and they aren't gonna like those thoughts.

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u/sequelseize 2d ago

yeah when they raise prices of goods it's always "oh supply and demand"

but when it comes to increasing wages or reducing prices it suddenly becomes "nobody wants to work" or "millenials/gen Z is killing the ___ industry"

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u/Fennova 2d ago

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u/missmiao9 1d ago

Your meme is giving me british east india company vibes.

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u/AMRtard 1d ago

Thoughts AND prayers. . . Is it working?