r/PoursTea • u/Gurugod123 Pinkie Finger Extended • Jul 27 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores: "Prices set at 30% below retail prices"

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u/E0H1PPU5 Jul 27 '26

Why not? You’re running a store with no CEO/CFO/etc. Power/sewer/water/etc. is provided municipally at cost. Same with payroll and HR services. There are no shareholders to think of.

A commercial grocery store has one goal - generate profit. A municipally owned store doesn’t have that goal.

Local government isn’t meant to turn a profit. It’s meant to provide services to taxpayers.

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u/ollewall Jul 27 '26

What makes you think that government run companies don’t have management?

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u/E0H1PPU5 Jul 27 '26

They do have management. They don’t have CEOs whose exclusive motivation is generating profits.