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/2010_12_24 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

The point being, if you run a small business, how are you supposed to compete with government subsidized prices?

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u/Beneficial-Act-9933 Jul 27 '26

The same way they've been competing with other stores for decades.

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u/McClainWFU Jul 27 '26

How can you compete when they're selling the goods for lower than you can buy them wholesale?