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superquest on March 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: How H-E-B planned for the pandemic

> This is remarkable because it's hard to imagine most American companies, which are always looking to squeeze out a little more profit to juice the quarterly report

HEB is privately owned and run by the owners. Those are very different incentives than public or VC-backed ventures.

_bxg1 on March 27, 2020 [–]

Yeah, it's amazing how much of a difference that often makes. Being guided by people instead of a number.

vikramkr on March 27, 2020 | [–]

You're still guided by a number. But you've got a different cost of capital, risk profile, and time horizon, as well as room for more stuff in your utility curve. So you will behave differently.

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