DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksM to Ethical Consumerism@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-23 months 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-square54fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1137arrow-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-23 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoEconomies of scale do allow for lower prices. Problem being, monopolies do not.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months 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.