Sentence examples for eating profits from inspiring English sources

At the distribution company, rush orders were piling up overtime and eating profits.

In agriculture, consider the fact that 35% of green produce goes to waste, and there's no proper price distribution because of intermediaries eating profits.

Underselling, especially through incentives and rebates which have been criticized in recent months for eating profits on American car sales–is what seems most to complicate the intentions of car companies, even if General Motors "does plan a certain incentive level even in a business case," according to Tom Kowaleski Tom Kowaleski, executive director of product communications for General Motors.

It doesn't take long for San Francisco's boom to eat profits.

But if it's right and everyone jumps in at the same time, competition eats profits.

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 Detroit automakers entered a decade of disastrous discounting that ate profits and killed their brand equity.

Rising food and gas bills are eating into profits.

Last month, Mothercare admitted it had had a poor Christmas, with heavy discounting and weak toy sales eating into profits.

But Bob Hruskocy, one owner of the Hartford-based Adcom Worldwide Inc., said higher fuel prices are already eating into profits for delivery and courier services.

The company's giant lending arm, GE Capital, has been hit hard, but the recession is also eating into profits from the conglomerate's industrial operations.

Consumers are feeling pinched, they say, credit is harder to come by, and higher food and fuel costs are eating into profits.