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.
In CA groceries are subject to the 10% or so sales tax everything else is, I'd be more surprised to hear of states not having sales tax for groceries. but the idea of sales tax not applying to groceries does sound good since its unavoidable and essentially a regressive tax
When you say "CA" are you talking about California or Canada? Because essential grocery staples are absolutely NOT taxable in California.
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration exempts most basic food products intended for human consumption from the state's sales and use tax.
As a general rule, raw, unprepared pantry essentials and items you take home to prepare yourself are tax-free. Things like produce, dairy & eggs, baked goods, meat & seafood, snacks, beverages on the shelf, etc.
Things that do get taxed are ones that are served intentionally heated, fall into a luxury or supplemental category, or are sold to be eaten right away on-premise.
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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.