YOU NEED TO FACTOR IN ALL THE SHOPLIFTING
Why are you yelling at me? Shoplifting differs from area to area. Very little occurs at grocers around where I live. I don’t know, but I assume businesses have insurance to cover losses. Naturally, the price of insurance would be higher in areas where there is a lot of theft. I understand that in high crime areas, stores are actually going out of business due to theft. However, grocery stores are in the business to make money; they’re not in business out of the kindness of their hearts. They would go out of business if they weren’t making money. What I contend is that many grocers, at least around here, is are price gouging, which should not be. There are many who contend that grocers have a free enterprise right to charge whatever they like, and consumers have the option to buy or not. So, I guess in that respect, we can either pay for price gouging or go hungry.