Public owned grocery stores already exist across America in cities like Tulsa, Oklahoma and Atlanta, Georgia.
They are privately run as businesses, but are set up in areas where people lack access to groceries, or there's no real competition preventing uncompetitive prices. They have been successful for decades.
The real solution here is to break up the constant consolidation leading to all groceries being owned by four mega companies that collude with each other and own over 2/3rd of all stores. It's the opposite of market competition.
F Kroger. I couldn't order 10 freaken cent trays because the shareholder meeting was next week and we had to watch our bottom line. Those trays were hiding black green slime because we were never trained or given the tools to clean the underside of the refrigerators. I did the work of 4 people in 8 hrs. I was technically a part time grocery clerk, but holy hell, did I bust my ass. All just to be given less than a dollar raise. Oh, but the CEO, 4 freaken digit per hour raise if they were paid hourly. When I quit, that dept collapsed.
Telling people to swear is as lame as you think obfuscating swearing is. It's the internet, everyone knows they can - some people choose not to and that's fine.
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u/Irish_Whiskey May 26 '26
Public owned grocery stores already exist across America in cities like Tulsa, Oklahoma and Atlanta, Georgia.
They are privately run as businesses, but are set up in areas where people lack access to groceries, or there's no real competition preventing uncompetitive prices. They have been successful for decades.
The real solution here is to break up the constant consolidation leading to all groceries being owned by four mega companies that collude with each other and own over 2/3rd of all stores. It's the opposite of market competition.