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by lotsofpulp 2781 days ago
>I'm all for fair wage practices but at a certain point you'll be seeing a lot more 7-11's for sale than people willing to buy them.

If a business wants to sell widgets, and they can't afford to pay for the materials to make the widgets, then it raises prices for the widgets, or it finds that consumers don't find enough value in the widgets to justify the higher price and the business shuts down. Why should it be any different for a convenient store?