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Fight Back or Move Over<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CocaCola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CocaCola</span></a> has been <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pricegouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pricegouging</span></a> to overcome lower consumer spending on their products. </p><p>No one needs Coke or any of the other Coca Cola brand products to survive. </p><p>I once drank as much as a 6 pack or more a day, especially when I had a desk job. </p><p>Yesterday I paid $6.99 for a 6 pack of 16.9 oz bottles. That's crazy. Even for me. </p><p>...Coca-Cola reported better-than-expected earnings in the second quarter as higher prices overcame weaker sales volumes... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BoycottCoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottCoke</span></a></p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/coca-cola-reports-weakening-global-sales-volumes-quarter-123951648" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Business/wireSt</span><span class="invisible">ory/coca-cola-reports-weakening-global-sales-volumes-quarter-123951648</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2233824/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2233824/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Warren wants Trump’s FTC to see if companies are using tariffs as cover for price gouging <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalTradeCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalTradeCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/price" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>price</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PriceIncreases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceIncreases</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sen</span></a>.ElizabethWarren <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TomWilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomWilliams</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p>This is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> plain and simple. This is just another trick corporations use to gouge customers into paying several times what they had planned on paying. They should be sued. <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-girls-restaurant-check-realize-mkt-price-means-2095320" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/gen-z-girls-resta</span><span class="invisible">urant-check-realize-mkt-price-means-2095320</span></a></p>
Terry Hunter☑️🌈⭐✌🏼✌🏿✌🏻✌🏽<p>Honolulu prices, all the Hawaiian Island prices, are fucking ridiculous! <br>Don't be talking about "'cause... the mainland...." <br>FUCK YOU!<br>TONS OF SHIT IS SENT BACK AND FORTH FROM MAINLANDS TO MAINLANDS GLOBALLY HOURLY! <br>EVEN IF THAT LIE ABOUT SHIPPING COSTS WAS TRUE, WHICH IT IS NOT, IT WOULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY EVEN LOCAL PRODUCTS ARE HIGHLY OVER PRICED! ... AND THAT'S BEFORE ALL THE BULLSHIT FEES AND LOCAL TAXES! <br>LISTEN. HAWAII IS ON THE WAY TO A LOT OF FUCKING PLACES INCLUDING ASIA FSND OR CHRIST'S SAKE!<br>SO STOP WITH THAT BULLSHIT AND STOP BEING PRICE GOUGING "GREEDY GUTS" CUNTS! </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ALOHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALOHA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAHALO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAHALO</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PRICEGOUGING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PRICEGOUGING</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RIPOFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIPOFF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SCAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCAM</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ABCSTORES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABCSTORES</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HOTELS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HOTELS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HONOLULUHOTELS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HONOLULUHOTELS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HONOLULURESTAURANTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HONOLULURESTAURANTS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RESTAURANTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RESTAURANTS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HONOLULUCHAMBEROFCOMMERCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HONOLULUCHAMBEROFCOMMERCE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HONOLULU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HONOLULU</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HAWAII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HAWAII</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Julie<p>Car insurance renewal came. It has gone up 34%. Needless to say, I will not be renewing with that company. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/carinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carinsurance</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pricegouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pricegouging</span></a></p>
GNU/Matt :fedora: :kde:<p>Google Australia is increasing the price of youtube premium family plan to $40AUD a month. What a fucking joke. It was too expensive at the last increase ($32/month), but the wife begged me she didnt want to deal with adblockers.</p><p>This might be the end of it, no features or value in that increase.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/premium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>premium</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/adblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblock</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>streaming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pricegouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pricegouging</span></a></p>
Julie<p>Tomatoes are $12+ a kilo at Colesworth. I would guess supply has been impacted by the floods and I understand. </p><p>What I want to know is, are the supermarkets paying more to their remaining suppliers to get stock or are they paying the normal, low, contract price and price gouging us in the shops?</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/colesworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colesworth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pricegouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pricegouging</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/costofliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>costofliving</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p>Rising costs outpace income: A threat to the American dream <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/rising-costs-outpace-income-a-threat-to-the-american-dream/ar-AA1EYiSA?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/money/markets/ri</span><span class="invisible">sing-costs-outpace-income-a-threat-to-the-american-dream/ar-AA1EYiSA?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BasicIncome</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.well.com/@mazz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mazz</span></a></span><br>Corresponding interview (listen or read transcript) with ProPublica health care reporter David Armstrong, by Dave Davies via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreshAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreshAir</span></a>:<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5397893/how-much-are-we-willing-to-pay-for-life-saving-medications" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-53978</span><span class="invisible">93/how-much-are-we-willing-to-pay-for-life-saving-medications</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revlimid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revlimid</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span><br>Corresponding interview (listen or read transcript) with ProPublica health care reporter David Armstrong, by Dave Davies via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreshAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreshAir</span></a>:<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5397893/how-much-are-we-willing-to-pay-for-life-saving-medications" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-53978</span><span class="invisible">93/how-much-are-we-willing-to-pay-for-life-saving-medications</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revlimid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revlimid</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p>US egg prices fall for the first time in months but remain near record highs <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-egg-prices-fall-time-months-remain-record-121746700" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us</span><span class="invisible">-egg-prices-fall-time-months-remain-record-121746700</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a></p>
qurlyjoe<p>I have to wonder whether some, or a lot, of price increases attributed to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> are really just your basic traditional <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/priceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>priceGouging</span></a> in fact.</p>
acemaxx<p>A new <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> playbook wouldn’t dismiss monetary factors, but it would stress <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/supplyside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supplyside</span></a> factors much more. For example, <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/pricegouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pricegouging</span></a> - @MkBlyth op-ed @barronsonline <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/weve-been-wrong-about-inflation-for-years-fixing-it-now-requires-new-thinking-2dd093b9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">barrons.com/articles/weve-been</span><span class="invisible">-wrong-about-inflation-for-years-fixing-it-now-requires-new-thinking-2dd093b9</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p>Bringing back jobs to the US is good in theory. But the way <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is doing it is causing inflation and incentivizing the pigs to freeze wages and bust unions and engage in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a>. So instead of law and order, Trump is actually encouraging more chaos and unrest. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEbTYOuTrE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=eWEbTYOuTrE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PutinTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakeRussiaGreatAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakeRussiaGreatAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
RealJournalism<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> on brink of catastrophe as aid runs out and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> rampant, groups warn <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/27/gaza-on-brink-of-catastrophe-as-aid-runs-out-and-prices-soar-groups-warn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/27/gaza-on-brink-of-catastrophe-as-aid-runs-out-and-prices-soar-groups-warn</span></a></p>
René Merced :vm: 🇵🇷<p>How Trump Is Helping Price Gougers Exploit His Tariffs</p><p>Emboldened by the new administration’s regulatory reprieve, “price optimization” consultants are showing corporations how to weaponize import levies to fleece consumers.</p><p><a href="https://www.levernews.com/how-trump-is-helping-price-gougers-exploit-his-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/how-trump-is-hel</span><span class="invisible">ping-price-gougers-exploit-his-tariffs/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greedflation</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The day after President Donald Trump announced his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs, pricing guru Craig Zawada held an urgent summit for his clients. The global economy was roiling with anxiety, and stocks were in a tailspin, but Zawada had a more hopeful message to impart: For the businesses deploying his company’s “smart pricing” software, this was a rare opportunity.</p><p>“There is perhaps more of a window to make changes to your pricing than there has been before,” Zawada said. Consumers, he explained, were bracing themselves for tariff sticker shock: “Customers expect change.”</p><p>“Now,” he said, “is the time to take advantage.”</p><p>Zawada works for PROS Holdings, a company that provides software services helping companies price their products, tailored in particular to airlines. He’s part of a cottage industry of “pricing optimization” consultants who, using lessons learned from pandemic price increases, are advising companies across industries on how to hike prices in response to tariffs or even just the threat of tariffs — and then keep them high.</p><p>Republican Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Andrew Ferguson, the nation’s top antitrust cop, has been warning companies that enforcers are prepared to take action against tariff profiteering. Yet he has effectively given the consultant class a “green light,” as one former FTC official told The Lever, by rolling back an inquiry scrutinizing their practices."</p><p><a href="https://www.levernews.com/how-trump-is-helping-price-gougers-exploit-his-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/how-trump-is-hel</span><span class="invisible">ping-price-gougers-exploit-his-tariffs/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PriceOptimization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceOptimization</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/TradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWars</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monopolies</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Capitalism: consequences of greed. Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash<br><a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/04/10/adobe-deletes-bluesky-posts-after-furious-backlash/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2025/04/10/adobe</span><span class="invisible">-deletes-bluesky-posts-after-furious-backlash/</span></a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43653885" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3653885</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dissatisfaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissatisfaction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backlash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backlash</span></a></p>
Hippy Steve<p>Guardian: Cal-Maine’s profits more than tripled compared with the same quarter last year – and are nearly eight times as high as at the start of the bird flu outbreak in February 2022, according to financial results published on Tuesday. The company, which produces 20% of the eggs eaten in the US, made $1bn in windfall income in the first three-quarters of the financial year – the profits extracted after accounting for production, processing and transport costs.</p><p>On Tuesday, Cal-Maine said that its sales almost doubled to $1.42bn in the fiscal third quarter, which ended on 1 March, primarily down to raising egg prices, which has hurt consumers who rely on the once affordable protein source. But the company’s shares then fell by more than 4% after acknowledging that it was being investigated by the justice department’s anti-trust division. Mississippi-based Cal-Maine said it received notice of the investigation into egg price increases last month and that it was cooperating with the investigation.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/VultureCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VultureCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>By VOTING for DEMOCRATS We Make OUR LIVES BETTER!</p><p>Democratic lawmakers across four states have introduced bills this year to stop what’s been dubbed “surveillance pricing” — the term for when a business charges customers different prices for the same product depending on their personal information. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pricegouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pricegouging</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/surveillance-prices-wages-california-ban/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/20/surveillance-prices-wages-california-ban/</span></a></p>
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