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Krystal and Saagar discuss corporations price gouging during the Iran war. #greedflation #PriceGouging #greed #inflation #surcharges #margins #profits #thieves youtube.com/watch?v=f-d5...

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Corporations JUICE PRICES From Iran War

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Dining and Cooking Apr 26

Hated ‘dining tax’ to cost Aussies $50m

Australians will spend millions more this weekend due to holiday surcharges. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard Australians will fork out another record amount this weekend, as one of the most hated bills returns for those dining out. Money.com.au research for Ne…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #Australians #NewsWire #publicholiday #publicholidays #SeanCallery #surcharges
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2615606/hated-dining-tax-to-cost-aussies-50m/

blog.TO Apr 17

Two major Canadian grocers push back against new fuel surcharges from food suppliers
Loblaw and Sobeys say they're pushing back against food suppliers who have notified them about adding fuel surcharges on grocery shipments.The Globe and Mail and CBC News obtained notices sent by Sunrise Farms, CTS Foods, Maple Leaf, and Tree of Life — four of Canada's major food suppliers — alerting their grocery clients o...
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/04/two-major-canadian-grocers-fuel-surcharges/

Techdirt [Unofficial]Apr 16

The Wall Street Journal Wonders Why There Are Suddenly So Many Sleazy Fees

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/16/the-wall-street-journal-wonders-why-there-are-suddenly-so-many-sleazy-fees/

The Wall Street Journal Wonders Why There Are Suddenly So Many Sleazy Fees

I cut my teeth as a telecom reporter, so I spent a lot of time writing about how broadband monopolies and cable TV giants rip off consumers with sleazy, misleading fees. I also spent a lot of that …

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Global News National Apr 15

Canada’s food suppliers are adding fuel surcharges they say are ‘temporary’
Global News has obtained notices sent by three of Canada's largest food suppliers to their grocer clients informing them of the surcharges.
#Canada #Consumer #Economy #fuelsurcharge
https://globalnews.ca/news/11802650/food-suppliers-fuel-surcharges/

Global News Canada Apr 15

Canada’s food suppliers are adding fuel surcharges they say are ‘temporary’
Global News has obtained notices sent by three of Canada's largest food suppliers to their grocer clients informing them of the surcharges.
#Canada #Consumer #Economy #fuelsurcharge
https://globalnews.ca/news/11802650/food-suppliers-fuel-surcharges/

Global News Apr 15

Canada’s food suppliers are adding fuel surcharges they say are ‘temporary’
Global News has obtained notices sent by three of Canada's largest food suppliers to their grocer clients informing them of the surcharges.
#Canada #Consumer #Economy #fuelsurcharge
https://globalnews.ca/news/11802650/food-suppliers-fuel-surcharges/

John E Bartley III (D) K7AAY📎May 21, 2025

A Florida business owner recently discovered that a local gas station was tacking on a full $1 per gallon surcharge just for using a card. Imagine filling up a 20-gallon tank and paying an extra $20 just for swiping your card. https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/swipe-surcharge-how-to-avoid-gas-station-credit-card-surcharges #creditcard #Surcharges #gasstation #charges

Swipe Surcharge: How to Avoid Gas Station Credit Card Surcharges

Some gas stations are charging up to $1 more per gallon for credit card payments. Learn how to spot these fees and save on fuel.

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David Harvey Mar 6, 2025

All blind consumers please take part. #Surcharges #Cards #Consumer https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=AqyuiM3riUeK-GFaa5RLowAQk9Dy8G5EohJvJhCPePRUQUxETDNWUk4wOUdFRkE1SFowRURVMUZWSC4u&route=shorturl

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CelloMom On Cars Oct 22, 2024

"In too many countries around the world, poor and working people effectively are subsidising the IMF through #surcharges, even as the #IMF is pushing countries to enact unpopular austerity measures that could provoke unrest. "

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/4/the-global-souths-poor-should-not-be-subsidising-the-imf

The Global South’s poor should not be subsidising the IMF

The IMF is making the polycrisis we are facing even worse by forcing its most indebted borrowers to pay surcharges.

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