• aidan@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Everyone complains about small businesses being driven out, especially in NYC. Their two biggest costs are rent and labor, so of course they try to minimize both of them.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      You know what’s cheaper than hiring a cashier and teleconferencing them from the Philippines?

      The owner running the cash register. You know, like nearly every non-chain restaurant in the country.