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Re:The Smash and Grab of Kroger-Albertsons by datavirtue on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:53PM (#33268341)
It's because the consumer literally has to buy hundreds of things. Tinkering with a penny turns into a dollar real quick.
Re:The Smash and Grab of Kroger-Albertsons by lupire on Thursday October 20, 2022 @08:05AM (#33273392)
That's not how it works. It's percentage changes that are significant.
Re:The Smash and Grab of Kroger-Albertsons by datavirtue on Friday October 21, 2022 @10:05AM (#33288118)
Every thing in my cart increases by a penny. It (the cart, my food) now costs $2 more. Easy math. Change that to percentages and amount increases, of course.

They do play with pennies. I worked in a huge national restaurant chain as a teenager and went through numerous menu updates. They were always flipping nickels and pennies all over the place on the menu. As a kid I thought changing the menu prices by five cents was ridiculous. Apparently, that's how it works in this business with razor thin margins.