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Originally Posted by Clarkey
All Torontonian's need groceries but not everyone has a car so there is a grocery store on every corner, but the margins are very thin. Not many are getting filthy stinkin rich off running a corner store.
The reason I mentioned immigrants is that they are often the only ones willing to put in 12 hours a day to make a minimal profit. The term immigrant does not make any reference to race if that is what you are implying.
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Not only that many of these storeowners have their family work the store for no compensation other than room and board. This heavily lowers overhead.