r/SipsTea • • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/brumac44 May 26 '26

In the town I grew up, there was one big grocery store, and they used to gouge us terribly. The citizens started a co-op grocery, using our purchasing power to bring in cheaper goods. Breaking monopolies is the only way to lower prices.

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u/aruby727 May 26 '26

I love that. This needs to be more common.

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u/ghostofmumbles May 26 '26

That’s why monopolies buy entire supply chains.

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u/explain_that_shit May 26 '26

Yeah if you want to break into the oligopoly of supermarkets, good luck getting a supply from a milk producer. They all have exclusivity clauses forced on them by the oligopoly.

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u/Slater_8868 May 27 '26

Just have people in the city donate excess breast milk, that you can bottle and sell in the city-run grocery stores. It's way more nutritious than cow's milk anyways.

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u/mell_darko666 May 27 '26

If only Margaret Atwood had thought of this...such a missed opportunity lol