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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This might have more to do with where they built their shops & the target £ bracket for their goods than anything sinister as the headline suggests.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

"Waitrose customers found to be older and richer than average"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Yep, in other news, water is wet and the sky is blue....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Research shows water now wet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I get the old adage: the older you get the more right you are. But, the richer?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's definitely true as you would want to conserve the wealth that you currently have, which right wing policies usually help with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not so sure about that. That framing hazardously to the stereotype that the right are fiscally responsible as opposed to the spend crazy left.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I meant more in the sense that rich people usually get tax benefits and failing big businesses get bailouts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You hit peak earnings by age at around 40-49. https://www.statista.com/statistics/802183/annual-pay-employees-in-the-uk/ As mentioned, you generally have assets and savings as well.