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Goggles_Greek t1_jdsc60w wrote

"Infinite Profit Growth Forever" is definitely both real and healthy /s

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tinacat933 t1_jdstkkj wrote

Seriously, why is no one just happy with profit anymore

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Goggles_Greek t1_jdsvrbv wrote

Unfathomable, ghoulish greed of shareholders, owners, landlords, etc. who aim to do nothing but collect more and more fees for just owning stuff?

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jdv9sdx wrote

General Electric is basically a financial company now because they just didn't make enough money being General Electric.

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Cyberlout t1_jdvgzt6 wrote

Westinghouse is dead now for the same reason. Decided being Westinghouse wasn’t enough.

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turp101 t1_jdw20c7 wrote

And so many auto manufacturers as well. Cars are a loss leader for several as they make money from their credit services.

Heck - Airline frequent flyer programs serve the same purpose for large airlines as the programs have higher valuations and profits than the actual flying portion of the business.

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DisFigment t1_jdywbhj wrote

Should never have sold off the Sheinhardt Wig Company.

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turp101 t1_jdw1q80 wrote

This is a fundamental flaw in the current version of our economy/capitalism. The infinite growth mantra that has readily been preached for over 40 years is just not logistically feasible. Eventually there are constrained resources of some type, even if it is just the lack of agility of a large bloated company unable to pivot to meet the new latest and greatest whatchamacallit coming from the competition.

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rave_is_king_ t1_jdsgwnd wrote

Come on Wegmans!!!

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JAK3CAL t1_jdt58h9 wrote

Reporting live from the scene in WNY (just moved) and folks are starting to turn on wegmans which blows my mind

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdt5wsb wrote

Why? I am over in State College and was price checking Wegmans vs Walmart, Wegmans wins 8 out of 10 times it’s wild.

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JAK3CAL t1_jdtltgw wrote

Something’s amiss then, bc the rochester crowd is reporting prices through the roof and quality way down, for some months now.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdtun9s wrote

Oh dang how weird. I even price checked Drano the other day, fully expecting Wegmans to be way more expensive, it was $1.50 cheaper than Walmart. Maybe my Walmart is just screwy.

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JAK3CAL t1_jdv765k wrote

Could be, or could be a wegmans tactic to dominate a market before slowly pulling the rug out 😅

Ya my friend group in roc sent a long list of issues to our friend who works at wegmans corporate; he basically said “supply chain” and also “wegmans is looking to scale big and the WNY market is small so they don’t care about it anymore”. Damn lol

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jdv9wx6 wrote

Walmart is only cheap in that period of time before they destroy all the other businesses around them.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdvb34l wrote

I’m not pro Walmart either but typically they’re lowest price compared to fancier grocers. It’s kind of their whole thing. All bets seem to be off at the moment with the current state of inflation bullshit .

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jdvbc2j wrote

I grew up in a town where Walmart executed that strategy in the 1990s. Built a superstore ~1995 right outside town, and once everything on the main drag shut down all their prices got jacked way up. It doesn't have anything to do with the current state of inflation, that's their decades-long strategy.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdvckbl wrote

So where do you shop to get the lowest prices?

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jdvdhko wrote

I do most of my grocery shopping at Aldi. We have a special produce delivery thing because I don't need to cut corners on what we eat.

 
Outside of groceries, Walmart sells absolute garbage that's specially made for them and falls apart pretty quickly. I'd never buy anything there I intend to keep for any period of time.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdvdqyt wrote

So things that aren’t groceries, you just don’t buy? Let’s say you needed Drano, where are you going? Aldi doesn’t sell it.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jdvdygs wrote

Costco. Walmart sells garbage and anyone with options doesn't step foot in Walmart.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdveqrq wrote

Wow you need to get outside and off of Reddit more, my dude. I don’t have a Costco. I used to live by one, now I live in an area with a lot less options because I was priced out of where I was living, that’s capitalism for ya. I’m trying to make ends meet as best as I can with the options I have because when I need Drano, I can’t make it appear from thin air or get it from some local artisan. “Anyone with options” - do you even hear the classism in your tone there or are you totally clueless?

Does Costco carry everything? No they definitely don’t. Did Walmart kill your grandma or something? I agree they’re an evil shit corporation, you won’t find me defending them at all but people need to make ends meet and don’t all have the same options as you do. Aldi just had a big recall on some frozen fruit. Are they better overall than Walmart? Sure. Are they perfect? Nah, almost nowhere you spend your money is.

You’re passive aggressively coming at me, I assume, because I mentioned price checking shit at Walmart? Ok. But you need a grip on reality and maybe a touch less militant idealism. Not everyone lives your reality. Go take a deep breath of some fresh air.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jdvexm9 wrote

> Wow you need to get outside and off of Reddit more, my dude.

 

Costco, definitely a Reddit phenomenon.
 
> do you even hear the classism in your tone there

 
I don't particularly care, Walmart is garbage and anyone with options avoids it like the plague.
 
Aldi will be cheaper for you than Walmart and better in every way that matters.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdvfdk0 wrote

Still waiting for Aldi to carry Drano. I live a good 3 hour drive from a Costco. You’re a troll or out of touch with reality or a douchebag or all of the above. Have a wonderful day.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jdvfkqd wrote

I'd assume that anyone posting in the Pittsburgh subreddit lives in or around Pittsburgh and not out in Possum Rib, PA. If you live in one of those benighted places where Walmart destroyed all the competition a long time ago then you have my sympathies.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdvfu14 wrote

Ah there’s that classism again! I said in a comment above where I live. Used to live in Pittsburgh, still care about the city a lot and hope to move back one day. Current circumstances don’t allow it. Again, not everyone lives your reality.

Still waiting to hear where else I can safely, in your opinion, buy Drano when my drain is clogged.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jdvg9w1 wrote

Condolences.

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Optimal_Spend779 t1_jdvge23 wrote

Do you sleep better at night being a snob? Doubt it. You sound pretty sad. I know the type, escaped a small town and now feels better putting down everyone else still in them because of some weird superiority complex. Know lots of them, definitely a type. Last comment. Get some help.

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DelphicWoodchuck t1_jdwnn7f wrote

My friends from Rochester were saying the same thing. It's a disappointment - Wegmans was one of the parts of the pieces of Rochester that I enjoyed most. Like a giant Trader Joe's with similar/lower prices.

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Suspicious-Ad-9380 t1_jdsldny wrote

Holding out for H-Mart

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tantetricotante t1_jdsulxx wrote

I would be so happy to have H-Mart. Though the Asian grocery store on McKnight is pretty great.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_jdsv4wt wrote

I'll cry in H-Mart

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centerofgravityy t1_jdtogp2 wrote

Best book! ❤️

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DIY_Creative t1_jduxle7 wrote

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_jdsgll9 wrote

'If you're not growing, you're declining' - Giant Eagle

'As soon as you're born, you start dying' - Cake

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stagedgames t1_jdshd7z wrote

I'd rather have comfort eagle than giant eagle

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FruityGeek t1_jdsb91v wrote

I’d love to see Meijer eat Big Bird’s lunch.

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what_am_i-doing t1_jdsx5oc wrote

I'd love for Meijer to expand here. I'm hoping it's on the table since they opened up a few Fresh Thyme locations a while ago

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1ll1l1ll1l1l1l1l1ll1 t1_jdtcwfr wrote

Meijer is way too big a store for this area, square footage wise

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what_am_i-doing t1_jdtdh2c wrote

If the Pittsburgh area can support multiple Walmart supercenters then I think a Meijer is no issue. They're about the same size

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tesla3by3 t1_jdthln4 wrote

Meijer is now building some smaller stores- about 75,000 square feet.

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DisFigment t1_jdywo23 wrote

They should have bought up some of the old larger format K-Marts in the area to remodel.

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Cyberlout t1_jduxtue wrote

Meijer has money in Fresh Thyme, so that might not be as far fetched as one may think

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FruityGeek t1_jdvk2jb wrote

They have Meijer stores in Youngstown and Cleveland now. Western PA could very well be their next expansion region.

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PunkRockKing t1_jdsf6ge wrote

And that’s exactly the problem with capitalism

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dshd66 t1_jdsakm8 wrote

Worst grocery store chain in the country

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neerdowell t1_jdt7i2o wrote

I hate Giant Eagle with all of my heart. I’m from Akron, Ohio originally and we have a local grocer (Acme), and a local organic grocer (Market Seed). Up in Cleveland you have Dave’s (also local), Heinen’s (local luxe grocer), and Giant Eagle throughout the metro. it’s crazy how competition drives down prices while making for a pleasant shopping experience. I feel like the FTC needs to get involved in PGH because grocery shopping here is like being extorted.

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tbst t1_jdtim0n wrote

The Acme on Cuyahoga Falls avenue is legit now!

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asparagus_fern t1_jdsvzy4 wrote

Bring h-mart to Pgh!!! Regularly visited the h-mart when I was living in NC and always had a blast finding new stuff to try.

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sopmaeThrowaway t1_jdt1tj9 wrote

Ah. Thanks for making it known. They obviously don’t care about their customers, workers, their service or their products. Why support them?

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ddesigns OP t1_jdthl15 wrote

Or vendors. They treat us like shit.

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woodcuttersDaughter t1_jdt8dqj wrote

For as physically large some of the stores are, they are also kinda lacking in variety in some areas. What I can’t buy at Aldi, I’ll stop at GE, but then I end up still having to go to Trader Joe’s, Fresh Thyme, and/or Whole Foods (last resort). And then there’s those few items I can only get at Las Palmas and Pita Land (how is it literally no one else sells a decent pita and baba?). I’d pay a tad more for some things if it meant I didn’t have to run all over town. Aldi would always be stop #1 though.

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iheartspeedbumps t1_jdthsgt wrote

Pretty much the same. It’s Aldi for the basics, then a run to the Strip for the rest.

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happyjazzycook t1_jdsvfu9 wrote

I tried shopping at GE a few times after we returned to the area in 2019, basically for "old times sake" because I always shopped there prior to moving out of state in 2014. The prices now are horrendous. So 90% of my groceries are bought at Aldi, the other 10% at WalMart.

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yoder555 t1_jdtdizm wrote

I worked for giant eagle for 10 years. GREED and arrogant executives will be the demise of G.E..

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Vegetable-Swimming73 t1_jdttgfd wrote

Any business providing basic necessities but in the news for the rich people shenanigans of their leadership has jumped the shark. Down with the dirty bird.

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Material_Cable_8708 t1_jdu2c15 wrote

Anyone else not from Pittsburgh have a really hard time shopping here?

I can’t find anything. like why is there a whole isle of just pasta and only one isle labeled ethnic that includes tomato sauce and hoi sin. Absolutely nonsense layout dissimilar to every other store in the country.

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enoughstreet t1_jdsizi6 wrote

I enjoy walking through market district if I am in an area that has one. Do I buy stuff there? Not much.

But overall my family has gotten better deals at Martins, haven’t tried Krogers often either.

Sadly it’s a time period where we have 1-3 good busy at store, rest is high price so we have to have control.

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HomicidalHushPuppy t1_jdsqoxl wrote

>rest is high price so we have to have control.

My favorite cereal is just under $5 at Walmart. Exact same box is almost $7 at Market District. Giant Eagle can suck it.

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James19991 t1_jdstb6s wrote

I feel like deli meat is regularly two to even four dollars more per pound at Giant Eagle than Shop and Save.

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fryerandice t1_jdswodm wrote

It is, everything is. And the number of times I have had the running total on my phone from the posted prices of products and at checkout somehow spent another 50% of what I added up shopping and gone WHAT THE FUCK.

I don't go into giant eagle anymore, not even out of convenience.

Market District branded shit is just great value marked up past name brand stuff, I said it.

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James19991 t1_jdt6a24 wrote

I quit going as well myself in the last year. They were just getting too outrageous.

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IcePokeTwoSoon t1_jdtopsx wrote

I’m lucky I live in north Fayette, I’m close enough to shop n save Aldi market district and Walmart to compare prices and make a divided list. I’m picky, so most of my produce is market district. Expensive, but I recognize I’m in the minority that I like it the most.

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1ll1l1ll1l1l1l1l1ll1 t1_jduyu3p wrote

You live by the nicest Shop N Save at Raceway Plaza!

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IcePokeTwoSoon t1_jdv1l7d wrote

No sadly, that’s south Fayette you’re thinking of. Mines up in imperial by west a high school. Still a pretty good one tho!

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mike015015 t1_jdtpq0o wrote

Ge started valu king, i think it was, just to crush a value store save a lot. they undercut save a lot , it left town, and magically value king disappeared too.

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1ll1l1ll1l1l1l1l1ll1 t1_jduz90q wrote

GE opened Good Cents to compete with Bottom Dollar, then Aldi bought out Bottom Dollar. As Aldi closed many of the Bottom Dollar stores (many with no intention of reopening them as Aldi branded stores), GE closed their Good Cents stores.

Aldi sucks as much as any other corporation.

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wvWestwv t1_jdtwelc wrote

“If you ain’t first, you’re last”

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deathreaperco6 t1_jduvq31 wrote

Opening a tech hub in San Fransisco in 2018, only to later open a second in Pittsburgh to tap into the local tech talent. Seems like 2018’s was a huge waste of money lol

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ExtremelyQualified t1_jdw9fr4 wrote

Local governments need to stop letting Giant Eagle bully them into maintaining little monopolies. They told Crafton that if Aldi was allowed into the Crafton/Ingram Shopping Center, they'd pull out.

It's crazy the prices that they get away with in a city with a relatively low cost of living otherwise. Giant Eagle is more expensive than Whole Foods.

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V_I_I t1_jdt92e0 wrote

I hate giant eagle.

I just wasted $16 on 48 bottles of water when I could've got 80+ bottles at sams club for cheaper ($12)

I just lost my sams club membership and didn't want to spend $100 again but I might. I only get water but it's worth the savings over a year vs giant eagle and w-mart

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mmphoto412 t1_jdti0yy wrote

water is piped to your house even cheaper. 1000 gallons for less than $30, and no plastic waste!

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V_I_I t1_jdtike6 wrote

It tastes disgusting, how do you survive drinking that.

It smells and it has stuff in it

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mmphoto412 t1_jdtiyff wrote

Filters are commonly used, widely available, and affordable.

Or continue spending 10x (or more), have to actually go and get it, and create a massive carbon footprint while you do it.

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V_I_I t1_jdtje1e wrote

I may end up buying one. I heard they don't filter everything out though

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mike015015 t1_jdto9fj wrote

Isnt the bottled water just some other municipal water supply, with some additional filtration .

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bekahed979 t1_jdtlenl wrote

I buy water from whole foods in refillable 3 gallon jugs (They also sell 5 gallon jugs) it's $.39/gallon and it's the best water around. The jugs usually last a couple years & are only around $25

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Logical-Rip-8138 t1_jdsxsou wrote

Funny that Giant Eagle is promoting March as woman’s history month and they celebrate it by firing their woman CEO and replacing her with a man.

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shanderdrunk t1_jdtmzxx wrote

I won't pretend to know why she was fired, but it didn't have anything to do with being a woman. She had to fuck up bad to lose her spot on the board, there's a reason everyone even within the company is so tight-lipped about it.

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irissteensma t1_jdxhsgd wrote

I jokingly said this today, but no, it has absolutely nothing to do with her being a woman.

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