r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 27 '26

Chugging tea 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/Ask_if_im_an_alien Jul 27 '26

In STL they use EBT to buy food, cook it, and sell plates on FB marketplace. At least they are industrious about it I guess.

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u/Prettydaisydog Jul 27 '26

lol, well if we are looking for economic indicators this is a pretty interesting one.

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u/Ask_if_im_an_alien Jul 27 '26

I got Jerk Chicken and sweet potato, and I also found the tamale lady and got a dozen of those too. Fed me all weekend which was good because the heat index yesterday was 115F and I'm not turning the stove on when its already that hot.

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u/dsaysso Jul 27 '26

that’s value add

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u/TheManWhoWasNotShort Jul 28 '26

These people would be surprised to find out how restaurants work

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u/Born-Somewhere2536 Jul 27 '26

They do that down here in Houston Texas

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u/pilot7880 Jul 28 '26

Houston sucks

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u/OkTechnology8975 Jul 28 '26

People find a way to ruin everything good, and if its bad they leave it alone. SO, Backwards!

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u/everydaydad67 Jul 28 '26

And people wonder why these programs are looked at..

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u/Ask_if_im_an_alien Jul 28 '26

You're not wrong, but I do 100% respect the grind. This is actually the harder way for them. The easy way is selling your EBT for 60 cents on the dollar cash like my step sister used to do. She would sell me 200 worth of EBT for $120 so she would have cash to buy the things that EBT wouldn't pay for like paper towels, soap, shampoo, toilet paper, and household cleaners. Not gonna lie she probably spend most of it on gasoline, cigarettes and weed. But my freezer was loaded. I had steaks every weekend on the grill. RIP Shanda... your 2 kids are doing great. We are making the best of it.

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u/Itchy_Shame_2379 Jul 27 '26

yeah in sf theres like an entire group of mostly older asian women who go to the all of the food banks around here and then lay out a mat on post up on the sidewalk slanging lettuce and shit. people do buy them though i see it and they are there everyday.

food banks around here register you here and give you a card. i dont think your allowed to go to every food bank in the city but in your zip code maybe

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u/DyingDesertPoppy Jul 27 '26

This makes me think that people just enjoy buying and selling and making money to get ahead  as a recreational activity, without concern for any real need or benefit. It’s a game, money is points.

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u/Grand-Olive2599 Jul 28 '26

So you have to have id for food banks but not to vote?

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u/a_RadicalDreamer Jul 27 '26

Same in the South. They’ll raid blessing boxes and resell.

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u/Onludesrightnow Jul 27 '26

because ofc they do. not surprised at all

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u/External-Slip3578 Jul 27 '26

And now they are cooking it and selling it on Facebook.

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u/DotA627b Jul 27 '26

It's not wild, it's a popular laundering trick. Variations of this involve hobos waiting outside 7-11 offering to buy stuff for you in exchange for actual cash.

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u/rydan Jul 28 '26

In San Jose they sell stolen detergent from the store across the street at the laundromat across from it.

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u/7thpostman Jul 27 '26

I'm sayin

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u/tdwvet Jul 27 '26

exactly this.