to toss around that Albertson's does. So because Albertson's controls so much of the market, Suppliers will bend to their will - but you know darn well they aren't going to eat the prices. They will shift them to buyers who can't just put their feet down and say "no."

Actually, just a reasonable stipulation.

"Without authorization."

That way Albertson's can verify/check that the price hikes are because of tariffs, alternative sourcing can't be found, etc. Some things like coffee--no way around them.

Personally, I'd like to see soybeans on the store shelves more often--and they shouldn't be subject to tariffs, right? (I mean, you can always make natto, but they're just fine in stews, casseroles, even spiced up and curried.)

It will be cheaper for suppliers to just cancel contracts then to deliver at a loss.

When their shelves are empty, they wont be making any money.

I expect reality will bite them on the ass.

lose a few cents on every sale but make it up in volume?

It will be interesting to see how this shakes out. As a middleman, you can't really lose money on every transaction and still stay in business. But you also can't fail to move your goods on to the retail outlet for consumer purchase, and still stay in business.

The suppliers aren't going to take a significant haircut just so Albertson can keep making the same amount of profit.

I read this basically as saying "Send us a memo that explains your new costs," which is reasonable. But they are going to have to accept the new costs. Or they're just not going to be supplied.

Are the suppliers going to eat the cost out of their margins? Yeah right.

accept the cost of trumps tariffs ?