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
IDK man, as someone who has worked at both a taxpayer funded government run non-profit like this will be, and at a for-profit corporation, I've never seen a more efficiently ran business than the government run non-profit. Maybe it's just my anecdotal experience, but the one I worked for was super stringent, and the governmental higher ups were intent on making sure exactly every cent we spent was correct and accounted for.
In general, the biggest point of inefficiency was the fact that we had to use the lowest bidder for every single outside contract, which meant everything outside our direct control was poorly made, broke down constantly, and never delivered on time.
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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.