Earnings reports suggest consumers are watching their dollars

May 19, 2022

Retailer earnings reports this week indicate that consumers are growing more cautious in their spending. Companies, at the same time, are seeing profit margins eroded by higher fuel and supply chain costs.

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Waffle House workers in Conyers, Georgia, are now on their third day of striking over what they call the company’s unfair policies. Led by the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), Waffle House employees are demanding an end to the mandatory “meal credit” deductions from their paychecks, along with better wages and improved working conditions.