Grocery stores do an almost 1 trillion dollars per year business. 1.6 % of a trillion is a lot!
Please don’t fall into the leftist trap of selective mathematics.
There are 62000 grocery stores in the US. That math works out to only $256,000 profit per year each.
From that profit they may need to hire more employees. $250k doesn’t go all that far even at minimum wage.
Oops, the freezer section needs to be replaced. An 8 door freezer is $25000, and you need four of them. Oh, and
when the freezer broke, we lost $15,000 worth of frozen pizza.
Lenny drove the forklift into the garage door. There goes another $6000.