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by MichaelBurge 3516 days ago
Grocery stores have something like a 1-2% margin, and people are often price-sensitive when shopping for food. So they'd have trouble raising prices. Probably they'd try to depend on self-checkout machines more. I imagine fast food companies like Taco Bell would lose sales.

High-margin software companies wouldn't care about the cost of their janitors, like you suggest.

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> High-margin software companies wouldn't care about the cost of their janitors, like you suggest.

The CEO might not, but an enterprising facilities manager would certainly try to cut expenses by replacing the pleb who vacuums the hallway with a plus-size Roomba.