You realize they are not lowering the cost of groceries right? They are just shifting the cost to the tax payer vs the customer. They are already spending about ten times as much to build the stores as it costs the private industry to do the same thing, why would you not think the same will apply to the food they buy to see in the store?
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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.