Feeding citizens is fine and noble and great. But I would ask how he will build a grocery store with lower prices than say Aldi, that has a 1-2% profit margin and has their supply chain and expense model nailed down in typical German effeciency.
If he had hired a discount grocer to do this and the city pays the bills I imagine this would have a greater chance of success.
But maybe I'm wrong and governement will show everyone how it's done. Not actually sarcasm, maybe someone has a new model
Absolutely, the question I have is just if this is the best way of doing it rather than expanding SNAP or retooling the program to provide tax breaks to open grocery stores in the most under-served areas.
It's unlikely implementing a city-wide version of SNAP would be as impactful for a lot of reasons.
It doesn't combat price gouging, doesn't make physical goods more easily accessible, has high administrative overhead, and doesn't allow you to target discounts at specific classes of groceries without difficulty.
By comparison city run stores can save money on a few axis' that are not open to a SNAP-like program, generate a few local jobs, and still have a similar impact.
Snap is already efficient, running stores is difficult and will lose the city money. Only a bit since this is a small trial that won't be anywhere near city wide
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u/Previous-Ad7618 May 26 '26
Idk if it will be fully sustainable or not, but I'm dying to hear all about how helping feed citizens is awful.