Good…
I don’t mean this as support, but the entire food and restaurant industry works based on migrant and undocumented workers. Hopefully more people realize this, because I can’t imagine most of it is legal outside of missing documentation, and if that’s why we have cheap food… honestly we need to see the real price of food especially when everyone is paid fairly, not turn a blind eye to migrant and undocumented workers.
Maybe more people will wake up to this.
Though also it’s possible that the stores are just bare because they missed a delivery or something else. I’ve seen stores like that the day before a delivery because there was a rush on X or Y… One day I just wanted a bell pepper and my persian market that has some of the best and most consistent produce ever was just out of them. IT happens.
Also technically that’s a Walmart… Maybe people count it as a grocery store, but there’s a lot more at play in a walmart (And not somewhere I’d go for produce in the first place)
It’s been so frustrating watching most of the discourse on this just be “Look! He scared away all the workers they were exploiting! Their economy is screwed.” instead of discussing why those exploited workers are so crucial to the FL economy and that of the whole country.
The marginalization of immigrants has gone on for far too long. They come here and are systematically exploited. Their hard work and contributions are ignored and taken for granted, and that is wrong.
Hate, fear, and xenophobia are a bitter fruit that spoils under a hot sun if not harvested.
…what?
They deserve to be treated as first-class citizens for toiling under a hot sun to ensure people can have their limes for their Corona’s.
This sounds like something I’d write if I were being sarcastic. If that’s what you’re doing, then touché.
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I hope all who fled have found better places to make a living and support their loved ones. Hopefully this demonstrates to other xenophobic politicians the negative impact it will have in their states.
That is really thoughtful and kind of you to say. Let me share a story with you. When I was younger, I had the pleasure of having best friends who were Mexican. Their family treated me like I was one of their own. I would go over for dinner and enjoy family time, and I was never excluded. They would take me deep into Mexico, past the border towns, for their children’s birthdays.
I think what I am trying to say is that immigrants have it so hard and are so wrongfully targeted. They are the backbone of our society, having to work jobs that no one else wants. Meanwhile, people claim that they are the ones taking the jobs, while corporations engage in profiteering from behind the scenes.
In America, we are supposed to be a melting pot. Yet sadly, there are so many who forget that core value of this country. I too hope that they have moved on to better places that are more accepting, understanding, and compassionate to their struggles. They are no less American than anyone else.
Floridian here, I haven’t seen this in my area… yet.
I haven’t seen it either but I can say that the overall quality of produce has gone way down since 2020.
Not mine either, though I suspect that is because areas with higher rates of income are probably getting groceries first. While normal food producers for smaller grocery stores that low income households rely on, probably don’t.
It is probably two fold for Hispanic grocery stores as part of the people who used to shop there are now gone.
You know that check engine lights are amber, not red, right? It’s federally mandated.
Actually, I didn’t, thank you for the information.
Not mine either, though I suspect that is because areas with higher rates of income are probably getting groceries first.
Someone elsewhere in the comments suggested that this was a WalMart. I didn’t reload it to confirm, but Wally World serves low to middle income shoppers. Your theory would seem correct based on this single vid, but who knows.
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