• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    …unironically, I’m a little surprised something like that isn’t a legit thing.

    I’d buy the FUCK out of a brand that contributed a dollar toward my student loans with the purchase of their cereal or macaroni noodles or w/e. So long as the price tag isn’t jacked up a dollar to offset - if it’s a net saving and the volume of food is comparable, I could forgive a lot in the taste or quality department.

    Hell, I’d make entire meal plans around that brand. Gotta eat anyway, so it’s a win for me; and while their profit margin wouldn’t be as high as a purchase from a non-student-loan-debt-slave, the massive uptick in brand loyalty would be a win for them.

    • blusterydayve26@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      So long as the price tag isn’t jacked up a dollar to offset

      It already is, though. GM increases the price of every item by the value on the box top so it’s a through-tax that you get to pay. Every top not given to a school is just more money in the bank for them.

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yea I’m more of a generics/bulk kinda guy. If it’s a dollar toward my loans + an upcharge on the actual item, then fuggit, I’m sticking with the cheapies.

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    1 year ago

    But yogurt tops are still legal tender right?
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    right?
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    [glances at warehouse filled with yogurt tops]
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    hello… ???