A Boring Dystopia

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This was in upliftingnews but imo, they've been overcharging for years and now they're framing this as a feel good story (slrpnk.net)

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[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How much does a bulk purchase cheap-ass hotdog cost. Nothing. It's cents.

I'm sure they are still making 75% markup, even on the new 2 dollar.price. before, it was several hundred percent markup.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 day ago

Yes and no. Costco hot dogs are 100% vertically integrated and they get the soda basically for free from Pepsi and they still barely break even on them, if they even do anymore. You add in a farm, packer, and a distributor taking their percent and even a lower quality dog is going to be pretty lean on profit at 2USD in 2024