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✳️ dcposch on daimo
@dcposch.eth
I love Costco but we need much stronger regs regarding factory farming. You’re telling me you hatched a chicken, raised it from birth, butchered, transported, and rotisserie’d it for under $4.99?
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Chris Carlson
@chrislarsc.eth
Not everything is sold at a profit, especially in that business
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✳️ dcposch on daimo
@dcposch.eth
True but I don’t think they’re selling $15 chickens for $5. Even if it’s a loss leader and the real cost is $7… what does a $7 chicken’s life look like?
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
The other aspect is that selling at a loss distorts the market and destroys the market share of smaller distributors who can’t compete with Costco’s scale. It’s anti-competitive, is a form of subsidy, and if done in an international trade context is called dumping and is generally reacted to aggressively by governments
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artlu 🎩
@artlu
please just let me have eggs from happy American chickens at <5x the price of those kinds of eggs in Europe or Asia
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
European and Asian chickens are more expensive because of their chain smoking habits and five weeks of leave per year
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