Inflation: what is it exactly?

[phil59]

"At home", the purchasing center practices the same prices for all the "stores" delivered.

And even in a hypermarket of more than 5000m2, the invoiced purchase price is often higher than the sale price.

Afterwards, you have the different discounts, so from there, if you only know part of the equation, it's not easy to interpret everything.

THE pb is more on the margins than "can practice a small" compared to "a large".

The cost of a flyer, is the same on a small one as a big one, grossomodo. But on the small, will represent a big lack of margin.

Then the "small ones" like carrefour city, are open, for example, from 8 a.m. to 20 p.m., and sometimes all day on Sundays.

The balance is already very limited, with personnel costs, it becomes complicated.

More than 10% of staff costs, can put a business in difficulty.

[Christophe]

The report in question may be 10 years old...honestly, I don't remember the details, it may have been other additional costs to bear...but the conclusion was that the small ones could not be competitive compared to hypers of the same brand!

[Obamot]

Lidl prides itself on paying its employees “well” (but we see them working like crazy, isn't there a law to repress unsustainable rates?)

[Macro]

No...Otherwise Chrstophe would have had to apply it for you

[Christophe]

The badgers who talked about 5 to 10% inflation are indeed badgers:

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[phil59]

My wife has finished shopping for Christmas, we receive on December 25, my three daughters with their companions, 3 grandchildren (7 years old, 4 years old, and 2 months old), my parents, and my mother-in-law, like every year.

And excluding alcohol and wine, it has increased by 40% at least from mini...

[phil59]

In any case, I spent 3 hours wrapping all the presents, instead of the usual 2 hours, that's also the inflation! J

For my wife, I packed a package of dishwashing product, as my first gift, I'm going to be demolished!!!

Then her real gift will be at the end, by the time she finishes all this name-calling, and it will last. There will be inflation on the insults!

The trick of the packed brick, I had already done to his mother, 10-15 years ago. I can't do it again.

If ever, before a week, I don't give any sign of life, it's because... Inform the authorities!

I'm going to be insulted this Christmas!

Finally, at the beginning, after, it should be fine.

[Obamot]

I know one or two surefire tricks to prevent that from happening!