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Mamdani marts will go bankrupt BUT WE HAVE TO STOP THEM BEFORE THAT HAPPENS
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:05 PM Author: Jared Baumeister (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031897) |
Date: July 29th, 2026 12:05 PM Author: frank_rizzo they really are shitting themselves over all the cool stuff he’s doing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031898) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:07 PM Author: Richard Ames I posted this in the other thread:
I keep thinking about this...how would this succeed at a bigger scale? Assume it were to take marketshare from private grocery stores. Does the government "scale up" this concept and open 20 stores? 100? 500? Where do the funds come from to support such an endeavor?
Further, what incentive do most food suppliers have to sell products in these gov't run stores? It immediately undercuts their other food store customers (all of whom operate on razor thin margins)...which could lead to the private grocers refusing to take the suppliers' products. (because why would you support someone who is working with another group to kneecap your business?)
A version of this already takes place with how food companies treat mainline grocers vs. dollar stores vs. warehouse concepts. There is far less choice in a dollar store relative to a traditional grocer...why would there be any more selection in a government run grocer that operates at a loss by design?
It would seem that the potential outcomes are:
a.) The Mamdani Marts fail out of the gate for a myriad of reasons.
b.) They succeed and scale up, putting traditional grocers out of business, and requiring massive public funds to operate.
c.) They continue to operate, but with minimal selection and poor quality products because of the above-discussed factors. And not "minimal" selection like at Whole Foods (fucking lmao at this comparison), but minimal selection as in how Cuba doles out food to people.
Finally, you have to just laugh at the idea that this will save an "estimated $1,000" per family per year. Less than $100 per month. If someone wanted to save $1,000 per year on food, they could make it happen in the snap of a finger. But no, we must create a Shitlib Rube Goldberg Device to do it for them. LMAO. |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:08 PM Author: Jared Baumeister WE HAVE TO STOP THEM (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031908) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:09 PM Author: Richard Ames Good argument. Nice edit btw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031909) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:10 PM Author: ret*rded ape d*ck amounts of money https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAtmeLO28bw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031911) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:12 PM Author: Richard Ames (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031918) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 5:10 PM Author: ,.,.,.,..,.,,..,:,,:,,.:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,;.,:.::, Im stoked for thr shitshow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032728) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:11 PM Author: Jared Baumeister (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031914) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:14 PM Author: animeboi (.) They need to be stopped because its just an excuse for graft for retarded niggers and muds until the eventually fail. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031919) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:15 PM Author: Jared Baumeister So it will be profitable? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031921) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:19 PM Author: animeboi (.) no, but retarded nigger and brown employees and suppliers will still get paid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031931) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:21 PM Author: Jared Baumeister So they won't sell any food? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031934) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:24 PM Author: animeboi (.) only if you consider shoplifting 'buying food' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031937) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:27 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Look at animeiboi trying to move goalposts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031943) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:28 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, isn't the better analysis that it's just a way for taxpayers to subsidize groceries and drive privately owned stores out of business? the cost of goods in Mamdani's stores will be much higher than the COG in bodegas -- but taxpayers will pick up the tab. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031946) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:29 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Cons? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031948) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:31 PM Author: Darnell why will the cost of goods be greater than at a bodega? aren't most bodegas independently owned and therefore have little bulk buying power? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031952) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:49 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bodegas are driven relentlessly toward efficient sourcing.
Mamdani will have government employees running the program. because the low prices will be set by policy and subsidized by the taxpayers the Mamdani stores will tend toward very high COG.
am i wrong about that? |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: Richard Ames Bodegas make most of their margin on so-called "Chopped Cheese" sandwiches. Not flame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032014) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:20 PM Author: animeboi (.) and cafecitos. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032040) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:41 PM Author: Richard Ames I understand this and argue that this is a likely outcome. What I am trying to understand is such a model could effectively scale up given it relies on limited taxpayer funds in order to operate. How does this model work when you scale to 25 stores? To 100? To 500?
I am not looking for the "communists seek to eliminate private property and privately-owned businesses" argument. I am looking for the practical argument from people who seem to earnestly support this endeavor.
Thus far all I get are "WHY ARE YOU SO MAD CONS?!?" I don't think anyone is mad. Speaking for myself, I am mostly perplexed. Hence my continued effort to have someone earnestly answer my straightforward questions. |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:42 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Just raise taxes on the rich. They aren't about to leave NYC (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031974) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:44 PM Author: Richard Ames The taxes would need to be raised substantially if the store count were to rise to such a level as to be more than a gimmick. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031978) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: Jared Baumeister You've obviously done the math (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032015) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 2:37 PM Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois) Lib here, and extremely knowledgeable about grocery pricing practices. I too am perplexed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032255) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:44 PM Author: Karlshaft can EPAH sue them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031977) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 12:45 PM Author: Jared Baumeister "Your honor, every time communism has been tried...." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50031981) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 2:38 PM Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois) Only if the suppliers give them favored pricing. Which seems unlikely. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032257) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:24 PM Author: screen memories i doubt they'll go bankrupt. they'll be given ever increasing amounts of taxpayer cash, which they'll use to buy overpriced goods from politically connected suppliers, which will then be put on the shelves and stolen. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032047) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:25 PM Author: Richard Ames Some real Ralph Wiggum "I'm helping" shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032054) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:26 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Consuela is this what you believe? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032057) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:27 PM Author: UhOh right, the only real question in this endeavor is how much is the city willing to lose/subsidize? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032058) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:28 PM Author: gaetan dugas soundfs fine imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032062) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:31 PM Author: screen memories (politically connected supplier) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032072) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:45 PM Author: gaetan dugas not sure why i should gaf about ny "tax payers" or their shit show (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032104) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:51 PM Author: LathamTouchedMe They tried it in KC. Closed after a few years. They're going to lose money and with the NYC budget tightening over the next decade because of growing pension/health care liabilities, the City will have to choose it over some other program to keep it going.
My biggest problem with it is that they're using city-owned land. That land is fucking priceless. Sell it or do a lucrative long-term lease to somebody who can make some real money off the property. If you want to help poors, throw that money at them. It's better than this boondoggle.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/city-owned-missouri-grocery-store-closes-mamdani-campaigns-some-new-york |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 1:56 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Not even Missouri could make it work! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032139) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 2:08 PM Author: Richard Ames Interesting. tyft.
"In a TikTok video, Mamdani said that his city-run grocery stores will "operate without a profit motive," instead of focusing on "price gouging" as he alleged some private stores do. He claimed that without having to pay rent or property taxes, these city-run stores would buy and sell at wholesale prices, centralize warehousing and distribution and be able to offer New York residents lower prices than privately-owned stores in the city."
It's just so easy. Why didn't anyone think of this before? |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 2:21 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Karl Marx thought about it 150 years ago. Wake up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032215) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 2:40 PM Author: ,,,,.,,,,.,.,,.....,.,,.,...,,.. OP is a CCP propaganda bot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032264) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 2:59 PM Author: Don Spaceporn De La Squancha (✅🍑) he very clearly is, with equal emphasis both on the *chinese* and the *communist* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032330) |
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Date: July 29th, 2026 5:09 PM Author: valar vettiri morghulis Perfectly formulated XO rage bait (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887350&forum_id=2),#50032724) |