• BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    which undercuts competitors by a lot

    Not by a lot. First thing you got wrong is that local grocery stores run on high margins. They aren’t.

    Second: Your non profit store would still be more expensive than shopping mall, because shopping mall benefits from economics of scale. A lot.

    Where I live large scale Carrefour is like 25% cheaper than small scale Carrefour Express