Re: “Seattle, let’s reimagine grocery stores” (Dec. 11, Opinion):
I have to remind the author and Seattle taxpayers that grocery shops function on extraordinarily skinny revenue margins. I’ll restate: Grocery shops don’t make tons of cash past their working prices. They’re advanced companies with supply-chain points, person-power points, specialty-worker wants (butchers, bakers, produce individuals, and so on.), and price of products points.
Sure, groceries usually are not low cost, however supposed “excessive grocery costs” are truthful given the realities grocery shops face. The Complete Meals comparability shouldn’t be fully legitimate since, sure, it affords luxurious objects, however it must cost extra for these luxurious objects.
Believing that town can one way or the other replicate the efforts of a mainstream grocery retailer is fully unrealistic. Pondering that costs may very well be “set 25% to 30% decrease than company alternate options” can also be unrealistic. The suggestion of decreasing property taxes for a metropolis/nonprofit entity shifts prices to the taxpayer at massive. Decrease rents — who pays for that?
Think about a metropolis entity making an attempt to copy the efforts of established grocery suppliers, magically at decrease value. You aren’t imagining, you might be dreaming.
Chris Whitmyre, Burien
