Lol...The dumbest thing i've ever heard. how many businesses are own and operated by persons 65 and older? what will happen to doctors who are at age, and still working? what will happen to members of parliament? And we are trying to open the economy!!!

Please ease the lockdown.
Mr. Roberts needs money so much that he has sentenced me to house arrest.

I played my part buying all my food from him since March. But that is not enough.

This rethoric of vulnerable people has become outdated very fast. Covid affect the young and healthy too.

Another point. How many of the people that caught covid-19 and died are 65 and older?

One thing that he said that is true is that people can be really stupid about social distancing. When you mention to people to stay on their 3 ft. line and not right up under you, some of them want to curse you out - just for telling them to follow common sense. SMH<br/><br/>
Bahamians can be really inconsiderate at times.

Easy for him to say Bahamians more susceptible to dying from Covid-19 should step aside. After all, he's filthy rich and can afford to hire others to do for him. What a detached idiot this guy is. Small wonder he is able to unconscionably price gouge all of us who shop at his food stores.

How old is the messenger?

About 80....but he has nothing to fear.....there isn't a virus in this world that would want to get inside his body!

https://t.co/I4Nl8KAdev?amp=1

POULTRY AND SEAFOOD ARE NOW BEING TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

So? Do you season chicken and then put your finger up your nose?
Chicken has a lot of nasties but the consuner knows how to get rid of them.

Another plot by the woke tofu eaters.

To be honest, if I was Mr. Roberts, I would have closed up my foodstores YEARS ago.
To me their chain is probably (or HAS been) the MOST fair in prices, availability and working with local vendors.
Why I say "has been" is because I understand there has been some new (family) management changes/additions, and I'm not up to date if that has changed any of their piorities and goals...
If you think Mr. Roberts is a rip off, just look at the other foodstore chains in The Bahamas, (especially Nassau,) and imagin trying to deal with (only) them....

Oh pleeezzzz! The markup on non-perishables in Roberts' food stores is ridiculously high and most of us are sick and tired of hearing him and his daughter say time and time again it's because of the high rate of theft in his stores (that he can't seem to ever get under control - poor management perhaps?) or the need to compensate for government imposed price controls. And Roberts is doing his best to make government think his wholesale/retail food operations are the only game in the country when it comes to retail food sales to the masses. He's of course wrong about that.

**Who amongst The Colony's aged over 65, ain't got they own sets health ailments?**
I sure hope the **much aged over 65** Comrade Grocer Rupert's admission also included that 'em did make his suggestion **whilst remaining confined under voluntarily lockdown** from within acreages at em's estate - where home delivery unlimited supply groceries, fresh veggies, and choice meats be's not ongoing pressing financial hardship issue. Nod Once for Yeah, Twice for No?

Such a selfish inconsiderate thinking old fool. First of...if he cared about anyone during this now time...he could start by dropping the Vat. Isn't like he's not making a kill from the already less fortunate and as it stands right now...he's patronized by Government fundings (Social Services) and private personal pockets. He's made enough money to sympathize about the Bahamian people that traffic his businesses everyday before the pandemic and now so as a desperate call of demand. Rich and hogish.

**How did Tribune Business Editor Comrade Neil prepare for his softball questions of the more 65 aged Grocer Rupert, obviously 'em didn't?**
You'd thought Neil would've asked Grocer Rupert some deep hardball questions, **specifically,** what is 'em's stores' policy should a worker age 65 or older who falls within the high-risk category be assured they will be paid **absentee leave pay,** and what about workers whose family members are at health issues risk, **are they to be paid their salaries and benefits to stay at home although not sick?** Nod Once for Yeah, Twice for No?

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When the item says 99 cents as the suggested retail price and Super Value charges $4.00 or more, this needs to be addressed. Not sure why he needed to comment on the elderly shopping. What we need from Mr. Robert's is fair pricing and fruits that are not rotten or close to rotten. During this pandemic, Super Value being the good corporate citizens that they are took the liberty to increase their prices on certain items. Mr. Robert's should assist the elderly and others in our community by not further driving them into potential starvation. You may not get Covid-19, but starvation can be deadly as well.

Does anyone know if Price Control still exist or are they like the other government agency, somewhere collecting a paycheck but not doing the work.

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"When the item says 99 cents as the suggested retail price and Super Value charges $4.00 or more, this needs to be addressed"

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It is called cost shifting.
Example: man wants to sell evaporated milk for 3.00. Price control makes him sell it for 1.00.

The 1.00 candy, which he was going to sell for 2.00, is not price controlled, so he puts tge 2.00 shortage there to make up the difference.

Same thing in the hospital, if they give you an aspirin, they charge you $10.

BTW, look it up online which items are price controlled. Very few, do the price control peole can do nothing about the price of canned beans, for example.

A couple years ago if you can remember center cut pork chop used to be more expensive than end cut.That was switch around and now endcut is more expensive than center cut. IS THAT LEGAL FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? I do not know if other food stores did it but am sure of supervalue

Yes , just buy the center cut, better quality for cheaper price. I have always only bought center cut.

Clown Rupert, Grocery Store expert to Medical expert. I say Jack of all Trades, Master of NONE!!!!!!!