Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co...
by ropans808 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @02:45PM
(#17619832)
This is very interesting, I had never considered the impact free food at a large office has on its surroundings. The legislation certainly sounds backwards, but to me the situation is reminiscent of a company using profits from one sector to subsidize another, in order to drown out competitors in that space. I don't think Facebook is actually trying to kill off restaurants, but this is definitely how you would do it in an anti-competitive way.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co...
by GordonS on Thursday July 26, 2018 @03:12PM
(#17620072)
I don't see what's anticompetitive about it - surely they buy the food they give out from local retailers?
Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co...
by sundaeofshock on Thursday July 26, 2018 @04:17PM
(#17620601)
A food wholesaler and a restaurant are two entirely different businesses.