If they weren’t cowards, they’d add how much is added to the cost due to the tarrifs on the price tag.
Easier to get those record profits without the transparency…
Then they couldn’t pad the prices with extra grifting, or keep the prices inflated after TACO caves.
No no no… you don’t get it. Walmart isn’t cowards.
They funded Project 2025. This is EXACTLY what they want.
Walmart, the Walton family billionaires, publically blaming Trump’s tariffs doesn’t leave much room for Trump, MAGA, or Fox to shift the blame. I suppose they’ll still try, but I think even MAGA will understand the truth, though they may not admit it.
you’re assuming they look for info about reality anywhere but fox news and truth social
You’d be surprised the level of cognitive dissadence.
One of my best friends voted Trump, and I have tried like 3x now explaining to him how HE PAYS MORE NOW FOR GOODS because of the tariffs and I think I’m finally getting through to him. But he somehow keeps thinking it’s a net positive 😭 this is what disposable income does to a MF I swear /s
Might wanna consider a new best friend set. If these people haven’t come around yet they just aren’t going to.
Get your “I did that!” stickers ready
As kids, my mom used to send us to the corner store (literally the opposite corner). you Waited in line and when your turn came up you would ask for 1kg of sugar or whatever. If you forgot you had to wait on the side. The guy at the counter owned the store and he would go get you a Kg of sugar in a bag from a bigger sack or a barrel. He would weigh it for you. Then he would calculate how much it was based on his own price per kg.
Just saying, things could get a heck of a lot worse than having to ask the teller for condoms and a razor pack.
The Walmart in my town is weird as fuck because it barely has any food in it. Like MAYBE 10% of their floorspace is foodstuffs. And it used to be okay because there was an employee-owned grocery store in town. Well, that grocery store chain apparently got bought out recently, and not only are they raising their prices faster than Walmart, they also can’t keep the shelves stocked because the people doing the ordering don’t work in the stores. I’m actually thinking I might have to start driving an hour to the nearest WinCo if prices keep skyrocketing like this.
Walmart used not sell food. That’s fairly new.
Yeah, I get that. This one store has remained in its early-2000s renovation layout while all the other nearby locations of its size went the opposite direction and became Neighborhood Markets and only sell food. That’s what has me baffled by it.
Interesting.
They also jack up their local prices based on need.
When the flood hit Texas, a 5gal water cost 17$.
Two weeks later, back to the normal price of 7.99$
$7.99 for water is ridiculous. Humans literally need it to survive. It should be free.
Yeah but then the liberal freeloaders won’t have incentive to work /s
Like healthcare too, perhaps?
Or, say, housing?
Wondering how much more of my life I’m going to have to live watching our society become less stable every single time Republicans gain control before Americans put 2 and 2 together.
Based on the last 10 years, I’m assuming it just isn’t going to happen.
based on 45 years you are likely correct.
But Trump told me that they won’t do this and he’s watching them!! How could they go against daddy Trump! 🤣
They need to eat that cost! That’s what their stockholders want! It’s what’s best for business AND consumers 🙄
Walmart needs to eat my dick.
Nice! Is MAGA happening yet?
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I don’t advocate stealing in general but if it’s Walmart and you’re not using violence against the employees I ain’t mad atcha
I just can’t accept that employee owned grocery stores like WinCo are somehow keeping prices down but big grocery stores like Kroger are just skyrocketing.
Prices on many items are literally 200% the cost of the same exact item at WinCo.
They don’t pay their employees more so where is that extra 100% profit going?
Employee owned stores have a massive competitive advantage over corporate owned stores.
They have no shareholders.
Corporate stores need to show consistent growth in profits, not simply consistent profits.
Employee owned stores can at least get by without making more profits year after year, as long as they make enough to pay themselves and keep up with maintenance.
Employee owned stores can even get by with exact 0 profits, since the employees would’ve already gotten their fair share in the form of their salary.
Hey! wanna play a fun game? find a few items in walmart and take note of their price, then take note of the new tariff price, now the fun part, after the tariffs are over see if the price goes back to the pre tariff price (be fair adjust for inflation) .
Spoiler if the items still sell at the tariff price they will only go down a fraction of the tariff increase.
There is a local organic grocery store a block away that I’ve stopped at for basics here and there and nothing else really due to it being more expensive, but their prices haven’t changed so now it has become the cheaper option for most things. Check out your local organic grocery stores.
Yeah it’s also like this is an entirely manufactured thing.
“Eat the tariffs” - As if companies like Walmart would love to make less profits just to please politics. Heck, they usually pay politicians to help them make more profits!
If they want to fix this, they should put a “Trump did that!” sticker by the new prices.
In case anyone was interested in where to find such stickers … (Scroll about halfway down if you don’t wanna enjoy the ride to find this one specifically) https://www.equalityink.com/product-page/trump-i-did-that-big-sticker-pack-100-pcs
