Alex Cleland
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There's no way that they can say, look, I'm losing money every single day.
But yet you're telling me I have to pay this.
If I don't pay it, I've got to pay a fine.
And if I can't pay that fine, I'm facing a custodial sentence.
I mean, where's the justice for everyone?
Thankfully, it's not on its knees, but I mean, we're barely breaking even.
That's where we are at the moment.
We're barely breaking even.
And I'm not the only retailer.
There's thousands of us across the country that are struggling because of the costs that have been pushed on us by the government.
Okay, right.
I'll give you an example.
You mentioned beef there.
I would, if I'm lucky, I'll make an 18% margin on beef, on selling beef.
an 18% margin.
My wage cost is 17%.
1% to try and cover all my costs.
That's just on beef.
I mean, obviously there are other products there that would make a little bit more margin.
I have to have a decent mix, otherwise I'm losing money.