Hot Topic: More than 8 out of 10 believe supermarkets exploiting bird flu crisis

Apps from restaurant chains including Starbucks, Dunkin’, and McDonald’s have boomed in recent years, no doubt because they unlock exclusive deals for discounted or free food. But a recent Eater article also noted that the apps also can vacuum up personal data like location tracking, “psychological trends,” and even track social media accounts.

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Circling back: Last week, we told you about a group of Democrat lawmakers who signed a letter to President Trump complaining that some egg producers and supermarkets were using the bird flu crisis to hike up egg prices inordinately to increase profits. So we asked if you thought producers and supermarkets were exploiting the bird flu crisis to raising prices inordinately to boost profits, and all of you clutched your pearls and said of course companies would never do something like that. Kidding! More than 8 out of 10 of you (81.6%) said yes, you believe egg producers and supermarkets were exploiting the avian flu crisis to raise prices even higher than necessary to boost profits. Just 15.5% of you thought the companies weren’t exploiting the crisis for profit, while 2.9% of you didn’t know or weren’t sure.