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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So they are taking a page from YouTube where they out price the market until they are the market, and then will drastically raise prices because there’s no longer any competition?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah but I feel like that only worked because YouTube was still fairly new and a niche market compared to groceries, which everbody needs. I don't see how even Amazon can try to kill the competition in a market that huge, regardless of price or convenience.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I don't see how even Amazon can try to kill the competition in a market that huge, regardless of price or convenience.

    So I assume you wrote this after picking up groceries from your locally owned grocery store? Because you still have one - it didn't collapse due to a Walmart coming to town?

    Most of us have a solid example of what driving a grocery store out of business looks like, though.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    As often reminded, that's probably a zoning issue.

    Here on a different continent I live in an area BESIEGED by supermarkets, but I buy most of my groceries at the baker (breadmaker) and fruit-and-vegetables shop down the street. They're more expensive but more convenient and higher quality.

    With the advantage of there not being a butcher as close-by, meaning I've been eating way more veggies since moving (and eggs, given those are sold in both stores).

    Now the issue is they're opening a new pedestrian path that leads straight from my home to the pastry shop on the neighboring block!

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