return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agoDid grocery chains take advantage of COVID shortages to raise prices? FTC says yes in new reportwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1837arrow-down17
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minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-29 months agoThis is why giant supermarkets are bad. When you have a choice of several places to buy, they compete. Rent though has been captured by optimisation software. Your rent goes up because a computer predicted you (or someone else) would pay more.
This is why giant supermarkets are bad. When you have a choice of several places to buy, they compete.
Rent though has been captured by optimisation software. Your rent goes up because a computer predicted you (or someone else) would pay more.