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The entire business model of Walmart is to underprice mom and pop bakeries.

• parineum 2y ago
  The entire business model of every business is to do more business than their competitors.
  • elevatortrim 2y ago
    This sentence does not say any more than commenting on burglary to say “everyone tries to get resources for themselves”. A small bakery cannot engage in price manipulation for a meaningful time or volume to oust competition, that activity is completely different category.
    • snickerbockers 2y ago
      But the problem with burglary isn't the resource acquisition, it's the burglary. Amazon is fundamentally performing the same act as the independent bookstore, they're just doing a better job. Anyways the fundamental problem with most bookstores that aren't Barnes and Noble is that they all do a terrible job of having the things I want to read. When the local artisan bookstore won't bother to stock RA Salvatore or even fucking Tolkien because it's too "low brow" I don't have a whole lot of empathy for them. I actually do enjoy bookstores when they aren't merely a far more inconvenient way to order books from a large corporate distribution center.
    • gms 2y ago
      No, there is a difference. Burglary involves coercion. The choice to shop at small/big bakeries is yours alone; no one is forcing you to pick one.