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new prices from the distributor that goes into effect today.

we have a truck delivery 3 times a week and it normally averages $700-$900 a delivery, now a its going to average above $1k a delivery.


everything costs more and we make less

hope and change silly angry

 

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new prices from the distributor that goes into effect today.

we have a truck delivery 3 times a week and it normally averages $700-$900 a delivery, now a its going to average above $1k a delivery.


everything costs more and we make less

hope and change silly angry

Oh? Did George Bush help you at all? Would any of the Republican candidates have made much difference? No.

 

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I'm pointing and laughing at every dipsh*t that voted for Ubama. laugh

Swallow campaign rhetoric much? LOL! applause


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combat_mage_sc posted:
I'm pointing and laughing at every dipsh*t that voted for Ubama. laugh

Swallow campaign rhetoric much? LOL! applause


chicken



If you did the same with all the dips***'s that voted for the "other side", it would make you more balanced and add weight to your views. However, since you lack the ability to reflect on how useless your own side is, it sort of detracts from overall merit of your opinion.

 

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Mithan, I think your logic resistance spell ran out. Rebuff.

 

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The "other side" is full of incompetent dips***'s, too.

The best person for the job is the one that doesn't want it. (and isn't a lawyer)


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Jerel_The_Real_One posted:
Mithan, I think your logic resistance spell ran out. Rebuff.



Nah, just buff your intelligence and you will get the point.


combat_mage_sc posted:
The "other side" is full of incompetent dips***'s, too.

The best person for the job is the one that doesn't want it. (and isn't a lawyer)

chicken


Oh really? You seem to imply the best person for the job is always a Republican.

 

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a white boy can act black all he wants, but at the end of the day he's still white.

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because Obama promised a quick recovery

The hope and change theme is nothing but a rehash. Reagan used the same theme.

 

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I guess I don't get it.

Is this a raise you haven't gotten yet? If so, then I understand. If not, are they going to retroactively take away your raise?

 

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I think Sith expected Obama to be a socialist and control prices. He believed this because Fox "News' told him it was so. Now, when the liez spread by the neo-religi-cons turn out to be false it is Obama's fault.

 

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lol, like this path hasn't been a decade coming.. to blame Obama or think that anyone else who would have stepped into that office would have prevented it is simply foolish.

 

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Supply is down, demand is up. Free market hater.

 

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But Obama has been hoarding all the food so he's to blame for higher food prices!

Holy crap, some people actually blame Obama for that stuff?

If anything, Republicans should be happy with Obama. Tax cuts, extended bush tax cuts, payroll tax cut, meeting more than halfway (like with the debt issues), etc.

 

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Lynea posted:
I guess I don't get it.

Is this a raise you haven't gotten yet? If so, then I understand. If not, are they going to retroactively take away your raise?


I think he's saying that nobody will be getting raises this year because of the increase in their cost from the distributor.

Of course the restaurant is just going to raise prices on their food to make up for it, but he thinks the boss will axe raises instead of increasing prices enough to cover them too.

 

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Obama spends all our money, prices go up. Go figure.

Next time vote Republican.

 

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If Barry wins re-election, you're gonna see radical shift to the left. Just like he tried to do in his first year, before america said "f**k that!" and he started to govern from the mid/left.

You should all fear a lame duck Ubama.

Mark my words.

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Lynea posted:
I guess I don't get it.

Is this a raise you haven't gotten yet? If so, then I understand. If not, are they going to retroactively take away your raise?


I was being sarcastic but yes our raises are effected by food costs. The magic percentage we want to stay under is 30% food cost this is factored using a probable use versus actual use formula. So who gets screwed in this deal the workers or the customers.

You can guess what corporate is going to do?

 

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This is what happens when we became a global society. We are becoming like the 3rd world countries we compete with.

 

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Adapt.

 

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Aerlinthian posted:
Adapt.

I agree.


So Sith, quit your effing complaining and blaming of Obama and work harder and STFU already.

 

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American food prices are dirt cheap compared to world-wide, and we waste so much. When you don't fight against globalization, but embrace it, it is inevitable that our quality of life will begin to equalize.

If you want to make big bucks you improvise. Admittedly this is getting harder to do for any domestic-centric business, as on average people simply have less purchasing power and more spending choices.

 

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Aerlinthian posted:
Adapt.


Yes

I have a buddy who quit his cushy government job. He started his own company and is doing well. We talked this weekend and you know what he said (not exact words)

We don't try to compete with the Chinese. They can produce low to medium quality stuff cheaper. That's a losing game. We design and produce high quality merchandise. Our team even thought about a slogan based upon we cater to the 1% but we figured while true and amusing it was also suicide.

The US needs to go back to doing what we do well - innovate.

 

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Sith, costs always go up. For you and your employer. You're wages have to keep going up too. So do the prices where you work. It's just how things work. but trust me, if your boss thinks you'll accept not making more money he'll be more than happy not to give you more. Ask for a raise. When he says his costs went up just tell him that's the cost of doing business, but you still want a raise because your costs are also going up all the time. Your expenses do not take a break because his food costs went up.

 

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American food prices are dirt cheap compared to world-wide, and we waste so much. When you don't fight against globalization, but embrace it, it is inevitable that our quality of life will begin to equalize.

If you want to make big bucks you improvise. Admittedly this is getting harder to do for any domestic-centric business, as on average people simply have less purchasing power and more spending choices.




your chart doesn't mean much, if other places people are paying less for other things like housing, heating, cooling, it would raise the percentage that food makes of their budget.

 

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I too blame others for my shortfalls. I don't believe in personal responsibility.

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Jezza_Belle posted:
levgre posted:
American food prices are dirt cheap compared to world-wide, and we waste so much. When you don't fight against globalization, but embrace it, it is inevitable that our quality of life will begin to equalize.

If you want to make big bucks you improvise. Admittedly this is getting harder to do for any domestic-centric business, as on average people simply have less purchasing power and more spending choices.




your chart doesn't mean much, if other places people are paying less for other things like housing, heating, cooling, it would raise the percentage that food makes of their budget.


I guess you could hypothesis that Korea's other expenses are lower so they are not hampered by spending 15% of their money on food, but I'm skeptical. Overall I'd guess people in all countries try to budget food and splurge on food pretty similarly. If anything the US food budget is more discretionary costs, like eating out.

Of course a Pakistani living in a mud hut probably has very cheap housing costs, doesn't mean it is less of a burden to spend nearly half of your money on food though.

 

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There are a bunch of reasons why food prices are going up.


A lot of them are because of natural and not so natural disasters, such as the BP oil spill.

Some of them are because of domestic and international economic stagnation.

Some are even our own policies on immigration.

A lot are because of subsidies on food.

Even more are a result of unstable fuel prices.

Monopolistic practices of agricultural industries that are supported by paid of legislators couldn't be without blame.


Once again, people will continue to point to a single problem like inflation and say that it's the cause for all of it when it's not.

They'll continue to support politicians that vote in favor of farm subsidies, immigration and minimum wage laws that make agriculture cost prohibitive, environmental policies that destroy farm and ocean resources, food patents, restrictions on fuel exploration...

Everyone wants a magical solution, and whenever you want a magical solution the best thing to do is point to something that you don't understand like inflation. Then you get to bitch about the problem without ever actually having to make real decisions on how to solve it...

 

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levgre posted:
American food prices are dirt cheap compared to world-wide, and we waste so much. When you don't fight against globalization, but embrace it, it is inevitable that our quality of life will begin to equalize.

If you want to make big bucks you improvise. Admittedly this is getting harder to do for any domestic-centric business, as on average people simply have less purchasing power and more spending choices.


Wait, so people in abject poverty spend a larger portion of their budget on food?

You've gotta be profanity me.

 

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American food prices are dirt cheap compared to world-wide, and we waste so much. When you don't fight against globalization, but embrace it, it is inevitable that our quality of life will begin to equalize.

If you want to make big bucks you improvise. Admittedly this is getting harder to do for any domestic-centric business, as on average people simply have less purchasing power and more spending choices.


Wait, so people in abject poverty spend a larger portion of their budget on food?

You've gotta be profanity me.


I didn't know Canada, Austria and South Korean were in abject poverty, news to me.

 

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I didn't know Canada, Austria and South Korean were in abject poverty, news to me.


You're doing it wrong.

 

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I didn't know Canada, Austria and South Korean were in abject poverty, news to me.


You're doing it wrong.


seriously.. south korea is the only one of the three that can be considered significantly higher than the U.S. one, and its not even THAT high. try looking for countries not on the same end of the chart as the U.S. if you want good examples.

 

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I'd rather live in poverty than live in Canada.

 

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I'd rather live in poverty than live in Canada.


Yeah, well, I don't think a fisherman would suffer in Canada.

 

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tantallous posted:
Allmightybob_MLF posted:
levgre posted:
I didn't know Canada, Austria and South Korean were in abject poverty, news to me.


You're doing it wrong.


seriously.. south korea is the only one of the three that can be considered significantly higher than the U.S. one, and its not even THAT high. try looking for countries not on the same end of the chart as the U.S. if you want good examples.


I know people prefer big numbers, it is easier to figure out the impact, but if people in the US suddenly had to pay 200% more for food (or even 30% more) Sith and others would be going a LOT crazier.

The food expenditure for other developed countries is not proportional to the difference in PPP/GDP per capita.

I personally think a 30% increase in food expenditures (Canada) or 60% increase (Austria) counts as significantly higher.

 

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another thing to think about if it increased that much from the wholesaler, just wait and see what happens to prices that we have to pay retail.

 

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restaurant business sucks dude, low pay, long hours...

gtfo

 

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