Food Inflation

[Hanley]

In general, in the 60s and 70s, wages were much higher and education was much cheeper than it is today. That is a fact. Did boomers have it easier? I don't think there is a real answer to that question.

[kalakoa]

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Originally posted by PaulW

Walmart pays at or above the legal requirement - minimum wage.
If that isn't enough to live on then the minimum wage should be raised.

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...and who will "vote" for this increase? Recent attempts to raise the state minimum wage failed under intense lobbying pressure from the "job creators".

Yes, in theory, it's a democratic process; however, with the "Citizens United" precedent it's simply "money talks", and guess what? People making minimum wage don't have any money left over to sway the political system.

[pahoated]

Actually, by shopping Walmart, you are supporting the local economy. That is all Hawaiian Homeland property and all those businesses are paying leases to native Hawaiians. Even if a lot of those wealthier native Hawaiians are choosing to live on Oahu, that money circulates locally within the state. If Walmart was boycotted to the point it had to shut down, it would only be a loss of income for the local economy and it's doubtful any of these self-righteous finger pointers would have a clue of an idea how to make up for the loss.

"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"

[rainyjim]

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Originally posted by pahoated

Actually, by shopping Walmart, you are supporting the local economy. That is all Hawaiian Homeland property and all those businesses are paying leases to native Hawaiians. Even if a lot of those wealthier native Hawaiians are choosing to live on Oahu, that money circulates locally within the state. If Walmart was boycotted to the point it had to shut down, it would only be a loss of income for the local economy and it's doubtful any of these self-righteous finger pointers would have a clue of an idea how to make up for the loss.

"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"

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https://www.google.com/search?q=walmart+...al+economy&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

[Hanley]

Pahoated, that is a very thin argument. If Walmart wasn't paying the lease then someone else would assuming it is good property. You imply that mega-corps are the only people capable of carrying a lease, which is blatantly false.

[kalakoa]

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Originally posted by Hanley

Pahoated, that is a very thin argument. If Walmart wasn't paying the lease then someone else would assuming it is good property. You imply that mega-corps are the only people capable of carrying a lease, which is blatantly false.

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And yet, somehow, the former Safeway location sits empty.

[Hanley]

Kalakoa, do you have any particular insights into that specific lot? There are a million reasons why Safeway might have failed and no one else has stepped in to fill the space. Maybe the asking price for the lease is to high....maybe there are structural problems with property...maybe the community doesn't need a mega-chain selling plastic wrapped, processed, gmos. The reality is that business and consumption on this planet is thriving and one store in one city closing doesn't say much.

[kalakoa]

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Originally posted by Hanley

Kalakoa, do you have any particular insights into that specific lot?

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Note that Safeway didn't "fail", they upgraded to a new location.

Most likely explanation is that Safeway is refusing to relinquish the space for fear of competition; this is standard procedure for Walmart.

Anyone who knows better, please speak up.

[Carey]

Hanley, perhaps you do not know that Safeway did not "fail" at the previous location....they got a new, longer lease on a much larger lot. The DHHL lease was very competitive for the lot where the new Safeway is - in part due to the environmental remediation work that was needed to develop the new location... that is something that would not have been easy or really financially feasible by most smaller retailers...even some of the larger big boxes that had been interested in that new location balked at that remediation work!

At this moment there are quite a few retail spaces in the general area of the old Safeway location that are available, some stand-alone, some attached...the old Safeway is the largest sq ft of the available units.... possible too small for a big box & too large for most local retail....

[PaulW]

" https://www.google.com/search?q=walmart+...al+economy&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari "

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