it's kind of ironic, Tories shopping at a store run on market socialist grounds: worker co-op.
this post was submitted on 29 May 2024
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Waitrose is a worker co-op? Like, a proper one?
In a way - it's part of the John Lewis group, in which all the staff are technically 'Partners' and the group is run in their behalf by a trust.
I don't really know how it works, but there's info on it here (which I'll say now, I haven't read!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_Partnership?wprov=sfla1
This might have more to do with where they built their shops & the target £ bracket for their goods than anything sinister as the headline suggests.
"Waitrose customers found to be older and richer than average"
Yep, in other news, water is wet and the sky is blue....
Research shows water now wet.
I get the old adage: the older you get the more right you are. But, the richer?
That's definitely true as you would want to conserve the wealth that you currently have, which right wing policies usually help with.
I'm not so sure about that. That framing hazardously to the stereotype that the right are fiscally responsible as opposed to the spend crazy left.
I meant more in the sense that rich people usually get tax benefits and failing big businesses get bailouts.
You hit peak earnings by age at around 40-49. https://www.statista.com/statistics/802183/annual-pay-employees-in-the-uk/ As mentioned, you generally have assets and savings as well.
I don't believe it!