• morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    People are talking about combining the names. If Albertson’s and Safeway didn’t, I suspect it will be the same with Kroger.

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      8 months ago

      Best to keep the names separate to create the illusion of choice.

      This has been silently happening in every industry for years.

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          8 months ago

          Started shopping for sunglasses about a week ago and learned about Luxottica. Turns out there’s a grand total of three brands of sunglasses that are viable for me to buy. Made in the USA but still only cost the same $300 that made in china Oakleys and ray bans cost.

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            8 months ago

            I just ordered a pair of 20 dollar polarized sunglassess off amazon. Fuck the name brands and the ridiculous prices.

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              I’d still rather support American jobs and the American economy. I’m willing to pay for that and the quality is usually worth it IMO. If I can give my money to company that hasn’t outsourced jobs, I will.

              I’m actually in Canada but there’s only two sunglasses manufacturers here and they’re both over priced high fashion stuff.