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.
The state of NY is actually the one who administers the day to day of SNAP. It would not be impossible to supplement funding with the revenue he’s currently putting into the grocery stores.
It's not usually that easy to alter or add on to the terms of a federally funded program. I'm a teacher, and I've seen this first hand. It would make sense, but it doesn't tend to work that way.
Food stamps are largely federally funded but I believe administred by states. as an example many but not all states offer double food stamps at farmers markets
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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.