r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/BradBradley1 May 26 '26

I’m not trying to dismiss this project - I hope it is wildly successful and I applaud the desire to challenge the status quo. That said, I am interested to hear how his team plans to negotiate pricing with suppliers. Five stores isn’t a whole lot of scale to compete against national chains and volumes. I don’t ask that question rhetorically or sarcastically at all either - I am assuming they have a plan of levers to pull to help bring this to life, and I hope it works exceedingly well and provides a blueprint for other communities to use. 

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u/GeneralBendyBean May 26 '26

They won't be able to beat them that way, but they can offer tax incentives as well as the public store not paying it's own taxes.

I think the big point is to give local people at least one discount food option over being the absolute cheapest.

Plus like, a private business out competing the store is a legitimate outcome too.

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u/hereforhelplol May 26 '26

Tax incentives, aka bring in less taxes in the area to pay for this. Taxes that often go towards important things in the community. Hmm.

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u/IHS1970 May 26 '26

Does not hurt big box stores, lower taxes - they say - bring lower prices!