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Re:Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale... by JohnFen on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:37PM (#34823413)
I deal with it by shopping at a reasonable store. Or, if there isn't one that prices reasonably, then I'll choose the expensive store that doesn't pull this sort of nonsense and is just expensive for everyone.
Re:Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale... by handedness on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:41PM (#34824598)
I have a store like this nearby and try to give them as much of my business as I can. It's refreshing: no membership rewards nonsense, no unclear or deceptive volume sale pricing, high-quality produce and deli, everything is exceptionally clean, well kept, and efficient. The employees by all accounts and indications mostly really enjoy working there (not all teenagers enjoy it), and in four decades of shopping there I've never had a bad customer experience that wasn't caused by another customer.

It does cost a bit more, but some of that is inherent because they generally carry stuff that is genuinely better. Despite that, some products are still very competitively priced, and the administrative and cognitive overhead of shopping there is significantly lower.

Thus far they've kept the large chain Orwellian dystopia entirely at bay. My shopping behavior doesn't make much of an individual difference to society but it's worth a premium to get a better product and to not feel like I'm contributing to The Great Race to the Bottom of Everything™ when I shop there.