Opportunity to increase profits even more?

[tvguy]

Best example I can think of: we bought eggs 2 weeks ago for 2.99 a Dozen yes the limit was 1 and it was at the very large supermarket we shop at. Week after not on sale yes they are higher but nowhere near the 6-10 the once were.
Few are going to pay a high price from X when Y is selling the same for a lot less making X lower its prices or they will not sell any - being eggs due expire X will have a total loss.
Sales are down and have been down for months to almost if not a year on what is considered non-essential if a retailer raised prices they simply will simply sell even less.

I think eggs are an awful example because that situation has no link to politics or tariffs, that has to do with the deaths of 53 million chickens from bird flu.
And I would do cartwheels.......if I could......if I found eggs for only $2.99. I'm just happy they are down to $6.34 a dozen here from over $10 a dozen six weeks ago. But, we have cut back on egg use. Between meals and baking, we used to consume a dozen a week, we now go two weeks on a dozen.

 

[reddog21]

no link to politics

The cause of any catastrophe has "generally" nothing to do with politics it's how the aftermath is handled that has everything to do with politics.

At the end of the day, governments can't do a whole lot to lower prices but at least they can make pretend you care.

 

[tvguy]

The cause of any catastrophe has "generally" nothing to do with politics it's how the aftermath is handled that has everything to do with politics.

At the end of the day, governments can't do a whole lot to lower prices but at least they can make pretend you care.

Well, the uneven impact of the bird flu across the nation also was an issue. So it wasn't an issue in many areas, so government had no reason to care. Like I posted above, I see people complaining about prices that would have been a bargain here in California BEFORE the bird flu. But that is in part due to politics, as voters here in 2018 voted to require that beginning in 2022 only cage free eggs could be sold here.

 

[StitchesGr8Fan]

If tariffs go back down, or items are manufactured in-country, prices will only go back down if people stop buying. The issue with manufacturing in the US is hard to find people to fill the jobs. Even with robotics doing the bulk of the work, you still need a certain amount of humans monitoring and fixing the robots. And not a lot of people want to do that for the salary they would be paid.

 

[reddog21]

If tariffs go back down, or items are manufactured in-country, prices will only go back down if people stop buying. The issue with manufacturing in the US is hard to find people to fill the jobs. Even with robotics doing the bulk of the work, you still need a certain amount of humans monitoring and fixing the robots. And not a lot of people want to do that for the salary they would be paid.

That's only part of the problem, the kind of capital investment that would be needed to the actually bring manufacturing back to the US not to mention the time needed.

 

[eandt]

If tariffs go back down, or items are manufactured in-country, prices will only go back down if people stop buying. The issue with manufacturing in the US is hard to find people to fill the jobs. Even with robotics doing the bulk of the work, you still need a certain amount of humans monitoring and fixing the robots. And not a lot of people want to do that for the salary they would be paid.

Wonder why it’s ‘hard to find people to fill the jobs’?

 

[DCLMP]

I think eggs are an awful example because that situation has no link to politics or tariffs, that has to do with the deaths of 53 million chickens from bird flu.
And I would do cartwheels.......if I could......if I found eggs for only $2.99. I'm just happy they are down to $6.34 a dozen here from over $10 a dozen six weeks ago. But, we have cut back on egg use. Between meals and baking, we used to consume a dozen a week, we now go two weeks on a dozen.

They killed a lot of birds that didn't have the flu. It's funny how it's only a USA issue. Hoarding was also a factor. The media likes to work everyone into a frenzy.

 

[DCLMP]

Capitalism! Charge what people will pay!

Yes and if people don't pay prices will come down. Seems pretty simple.

 

[tvguy]

They killed a lot of birds that didn't have the flu. It's funny how it's only a USA issue. Hoarding was also a factor. The media likes to work everyone into a frenzy.

Sorry, not buying the media frenzy. We (before I retired) in the media follow public trends, we don't create them. Bird flu hit in March of last year, and the media didn't pick up on it under December after egg prices started rising.

 

[DCLMP]

Sorry, not buying the media frenzy. We (before I retired) in the media follow public trends, we don't create them. Bird flu hit in March of last year, and the media didn't pick up on it under December after egg prices started rising.

Sorry, I couldn't disagree more. The media has everything to do with public persuasion. If you didn't know about the bird flu until December you better find better sources.

 

[tvguy]

Sorry, I couldn't disagree more. The media has everything to do with public persuasion. If you didn't know about the bird flu until December you better find better sources.

LOL.

 

[Twilghtsprkle]

That's only part of the problem, the kind of capital investment that would be needed to the actually bring manufacturing back to the US not to mention the time needed.

We aren’t exactly sitting on a stockpile of raw materials. We piss enough people off with tariffs, we can’t import them at any price so there will be nothing to manufacture with.

Or it may be cheaper to import even manufacturing it overseas.