Grocers Don’t Like Being Called Pigs for 1% Profit Margins

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On Thursday’s The View, Whoopi Goldberg claimed that inflation at the grocery store was not caused by Joe Biden but by the greedy “pigs” who own the grocery stores. She made labor groups and grocers very angry. It’s not true for one thing.

“Your pocketbook is bad, not because the Bidens did anything. Not because the economy is bad. Your grocery bills are what they are because the folks that own the groceries are pigs,” Whoopi said hatefully.

Fake Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed, adding, “But no one articulated that.”

Whoopi, who makes $8 million a year on the show, spreading this hate, then went on, “Well, that’s what I’m saying, is that let’s talk about the reasons why stuff—gas is high, not because the Bidens didn’t try to help, but because the folks who control that decided ‘I want mo’ money!’”

GROCERS ARE OUTRAGED

The National Grocers Association warned that her remarks could fuel violence against store employees, emphasizing that inflation stems from broader economic issues.

Their profit margins are 1 to 3% unless it’s a specialty grocery like Whole Foods.

The New York Post reported that the National Grocers Association (NGA) Chief Greg Ferra responded to ‘The View’ executive producer Brian Teta in a letter.

“We are deeply troubled by these remarks … referring to people who own grocery stores as ‘pigs,’” Ferra wrote.

The NGA also cited grocery stores’ “razor-thin” profit margins of one to two percent and “violent” crimes committed against employees as a result of Rhetoric like Whoopie’s.

“Statements that falsely depict grocers as ‘gouging’ not only exacerbate these tensions but also risk further harm to these frontline workers who have continued to serve the public through challenging times,” Ferra continued in his letter, crediting food inflation to “broader economic issues” and rising labor costs.

Zulema Wiscovitch, co-president of Associated Supermarket Group, expressed similar frustration with Goldberg’s comments, describing them as “totally outrageous.” She argued that Goldberg’s remarks displayed a “lack of understanding” of the economic challenges grocers face and that they could incite hostility toward grocery store employees and owners. “It shows a lack of understanding of what’s going on with the economy,” Wiscovitch told The New York Post. “This smear on grocers is totally unacceptable.”

Whoopi proves time and time again that anyone willing to spew this stuff can become rich. She hates Donald Trump and thinks Biden’s economy was good.

The left isn’t only blaming grocers. How do people listen to this?

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tom
6 months ago

Whoopee is like when you are in a nice clear swimming pool and see a turd floating by.

???
6 months ago

TOO BAD! And Calling Whoopie ( fat ass) will do nothing to bring down Inflation. If you people do not understand; well, why would your masters who get paid to allow corporate monopolies help you?

Kamala is Stupid
6 months ago

Just take a good look at the size of Whoopi Goldbers fat ass – talk about pigs!

color me pissed
6 months ago

That is the nastiest bitch ever.

gus
6 months ago

1% is way too much especially if you’re selling billions in sales in a day.

Math Challenged Much?
6 months ago
Reply to  gus

So the state and local governments can charge 4 to 10% in sales taxes on every sale, but an independent grocer that serves a small community can only make 1 to 2% for doing the actual work of stocking and selling perishable products? Captain Socialism, your stupidity continually betrays you. My local grocery stores don’t make billions, as you suggested. My government, however, does.

THE SWAMP
6 months ago

Your local grocery store does not exist anymore! Most locals went out of business years ago. Corporate Monopolies own the Marekts. So , all of you, GEEZERS, recalling the good old days better: WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE! You let it all happen.

So … Your local market must be some gas station with lottery ticket sales; because thats about all we have around my major city locality.

Nevertheless, Grocers, make plenty on that ONE to THREE percent off the BULK they sell. It would take, Americans, not to comprehend that reality. Tragic. You`re all Math Challenged! DO THE MATH. Stay away from Stocks.

Peter B. Prange
6 months ago
Reply to  THE SWAMP

Since you seem to know so much about the lives of others, tell us about your life. How much profit were you willing to pay to the person who sold you your car, if ou have one?