'They don't care': US supermarket chain shutters stores after hazard pay rules

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2. fun with math

120 days is 17 weeks...

17 x 40hrs/wk x 250 employees x $5 = $850,000 total

about $70,000 per store per month.

typical grocery stores generate $65,000 per day... so they are talking about adding 1/30 in additional costs or about 3%.

Of course they could spread the additional cost over more stores and longer time making the increase in prices ( because they NEVER want to give up any profits) almost negligible.

I doubt many shoppers would even blink at 3% increase in prices... especially if the chain were to explain that they fully support the hazard pay.

short sighted.