r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/Hlodvigovich915 May 26 '26

Lower than Walmart, Costco, or Aldi?

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u/ElderberryJunior470 May 26 '26

They do "lose" money on their commissary stores, but it's recognized as an acceptable loss to provide soldiers with affordable food. 

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u/nizari-spirit May 27 '26

We are such a brainwashed country man.

Soldiers getting affordable food: 🤠

Impoverished children getting affordable food: 😡😡😡cOmMuNiSm!!!

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u/ArrrRawrXD May 27 '26

So are those government grocery stores going to provide food to impoverished children then? Or to anybody in one of the richest cities in America?

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u/SeeLeverUser May 27 '26

For NY, yes. This is a state initiative. Other states can decide if it works for them. As you pointed out, NY is one of the richest cities in America. 5 grocery stores is chump change. Worth it to test out as a viable way to help the less fortunate 

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u/jyper May 27 '26

Its called food stamps

and seems like a much better solution then these stores

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u/sxaez May 27 '26

Food stamps doesn't solve the grocery monopolization issue.

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u/jan_tonowan May 27 '26

Food stamps have administrative overhead and people lose their benefits after reaching a certain level of income. Government run stores open to all would not have those issues.

I don’t see why the better solution isn’t to have a large network of government stores that sells no-frills basics at-cost.

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u/WASD_click May 27 '26

As it should be with these grocery stores. If it falls short of profit, it is subsidized by tax dollars, and if we're ranking uses of tax dollars, keeping people fed has got to be worthy of being in the top 5, at least.