DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksM to Ethical Consumerism@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 month agoKroger said it plans to lower grocery prices by $1 billion if federal regulators approve the proposed $25 billion merger with Albertsonswww.aier.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkKroger said it plans to lower grocery prices by $1 billion if federal regulators approve the proposed $25 billion merger with Albertsonswww.aier.orgDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksM to Ethical Consumerism@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoEconomies of scale do allow for lower prices. Problem being, monopolies do not.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoEconomies of scale allow for lower costs, not lower prices. Lower prices are a choice that companies make, and it’s a choice they don’t have to make if they don’t have competitors.
Economies of scale do allow for lower prices. Problem being, monopolies do not.
Economies of scale allow for lower costs, not lower prices. Lower prices are a choice that companies make, and it’s a choice they don’t have to make if they don’t have competitors.