Transcript: GM Associated in Long Beach Omar Rodriguez

Transcript:

OMAR RODRIGUEZ,

GENERAL MANAGER of ASSOCIATED LONG BEACH

Amanda J. Rhodes NassauNews.org Staff Writer: Have the increases had an impact on your store?

00:00:06

Omar Rodriguez, General Manager of Associate Long Beach: Being that it’s so broad, because of the, you know, you have different areas and departments inside a super market. You really can’t say which one is effecting the store, but as a whole it has. It has.

NassauNews.org: Okay, have you heard anything from your consumers?

00:00:23

OR: Not much. You know, only if they’re picking up particular items. Like anything pertaining to wheat which has gone out the roof lately. I’m sure you’ve probably heard bagels going up to a dollar fifty. In the dairy section, the milk price is going up. In the meat department, certain chickens and beef going up. So, it’s definitely all over.

NassauNews.org: Has the store changed any of its ordering policies because of the pricing?

00:00:50

OR: Not much. But, you know, we haven’t really felt the full impact on it yet.

NassauNews.org: Do you expect to feel it more in the future?

00:00:55

OR: Oh yea. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

NassauNews.org: As a consumer, have you changed any of your shopping habits or noticed any differences in your own consumerism.

00:01:04

OR: I haven’t yet. Not much. I don’t really shop that much though.