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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
    217·
    8 months ago

    Shop local when you can,

    So local strangers working to support some local guy’s Maui beach house need our support instead of local strangers working to support some faraway guy’s Maui Beach House?

    It’s all local business when their main cost is the employment of locals. Don’t be a snob.

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      Anybody know more about this?:

      I’ve heard the following sentiment & a similar stat over the years:

      When you spend money locally, those dollars don’t just evaporate to some corporate headquarters across the country or around the world. Instead, they tend to stay in the community, where they’re reinvested between three and six more times. When consumers spend $100 at a chain store, only $13 stays in the local community, on average. At a local business, that number rises to a healthier $48.

      I can imagine a local shop owner sponsoring the local little league team… and I know the average hole-in-the-wall donut or phở restaurant owner won’t have a beach home, and I like they have the potential to make a decent bit of dough without college degrees… but perhaps somebody’s actually analyzed this?

      • anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.caEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        This is my main point of conflict with shopping strictly on price. I do try to support local when possible. I’m price conscious of course, but community support is also important. Not all (or even many it seems) local businesses do support their communities but when I see it I make a note that they’re one of the local B&Ms I will buy from.

      • PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        I didn’t know donut or pho restaurants made their own dough. It probably varies by location, though. I’ve seen some donut places where the boxes of shipped ready to make product were stored where customers could see it. It blew my mind how much they had on hand in order to not run out.