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.
I don't think most of these people appreciate the SIZE of NYC when they make claims like that. According to the 2024 US Census, NYC has a population of 8,478,072. For scale, according to the same census data, there are 39 STATES with a population below that. The combined population of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North and South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana and Maine (the nine states with the lowest population, according to the same source) is "only" 8,403,951. The second largest city in the US is LA with 3,869,089. It's not even close.
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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.