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Cons, did you ever figure out why Mamdani's grocery stores are a bad idea?

what's the consensus?
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
because socialism is an inefficient failure. it only "w...
Soul-stirring sinister set depressive
  07/27/26
NYC is almost out of rich people
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
not really... but this is he dumbest and least-efficient way...
Soul-stirring sinister set depressive
  07/27/26
Oh it's just not "efficient" now, lol
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
socialism is always a bad idea for any market good for a var...
Soul-stirring sinister set depressive
  07/27/26
(Richard Posner)
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
What about all the socialism we give to rich people? DId...
concupiscible canary church
  07/27/26
it doesn't work just fine giving people shit for free incen...
pink center gaping
  07/27/26
agreed. we should also cut tax breaks for corps. let them pa...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
is this supposed to be a gotcha? if so, moronic fail
pink center gaping
  07/28/26
Can you make the case for them? Outline the "steelman&q...
Richard Ames
  07/27/26
Mamdani will get more votes
mahogany resort
  07/27/26
The funny thing is that I think a lot of this shit doesn't e...
Richard Ames
  07/27/26
More cities will elect mayors like him
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Food will be cheaper
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
how?
Soul-stirring sinister set depressive
  07/27/26
30%
mahogany resort
  07/27/26
...
mustard flatulent ticket booth
  07/27/26
Zero profit margins for the retailer
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
I actually agree with what you are saying. I imagine you wou...
Richard Ames
  07/27/26
Not at all. If you like your grocery store you can keep shop...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Sure, if the government run stores remain simply a "Pub...
Richard Ames
  07/27/26
Choice is pretty fucking limited at Whole Foods too. I assum...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Do you really think so?
Richard Ames
  07/27/26
NSAM has schizophrenia. Please be patient.
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
They don't even sell Doritos
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
cr
concupiscible canary church
  07/27/26
Profit margins for grocery stores are around 2%. These store...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
Police and fire departments operate at a loss, no?
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Police coverage is not an excludable rivalrous good. Selling...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
I'll take that as a yes
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
the private companies selling them the food also will have z...
chestnut fear-inspiring police squad
  07/27/26
Your 20 cent bananas will now be 14 cents (and cost the city...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
this is false
chestnut fear-inspiring police squad
  07/27/26
Problem: greedy corporations exist that make profit from sel...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
This is America. Food is a luxury good
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
the stores will always be low on food selling at a loss i...
Hateful contagious foreskin whorehouse
  07/27/26
So the problem is too many people will shop there and all th...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Governments shouldn't try to do stuff that tons of private b...
brass pea-brained theatre pozpig
  07/27/26
This isnt for poors they already get food stamps. The point ...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
How can they go out of business if Mamdani's stores have no ...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Even a 5% drop in revenue will drive some groceries out of b...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
loooool! the people who have the funds to shop at Whole F...
concupiscible canary church
  07/27/26
Profit margins are 1-2%. How is that "being held by yhe...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
Because a Gov't owned grocery store doesn't need to produce ...
concupiscible canary church
  07/27/26
The profit is 1%-2% of the cost you drooling imbecile. Excep...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
you are dumb even for a black. like really really dumb.
chestnut fear-inspiring police squad
  07/28/26
grocery stores make terrible margins and make $$$ off volumn...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
sounds like shitlib logic at its finest!
Passionate crotch
  07/27/26
to be fur, we shouldnt allow a single digit amount of compan...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
fair enough
Passionate crotch
  07/27/26
There are thousands of retailers selling food in NYC. Are yo...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
I assume he was referencing the fact that Sysco and US Foods...
Richard Ames
  07/27/26
Maybe for restaurant food.
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
That plus https://i.insider.com/57ebdc8edd08954b368b47d7?wid...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
Oh wow so 10 companies own multiple brands? Wow its a real m...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
Majority of a major need, like food, should not come from a ...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
Lol. Link to the percentages you just made up? Bevauae all y...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
wow how much of the soda drink market is controlled by pepsi...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/28/26
"A major need" *cites Pepsi* Also, great sta...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/28/26
Date: July 27th, 2026 3:32 PM Author: ,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.....
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
thousands.... a handful.... basically the same if you around...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
So General Mills and Kraft are "retailers" to you ...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
I love semantic arguments
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
You just brought up a completely unrelated post to what we w...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
link to me using that term, retard?
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/28/26
I used it, and you and NSAM replied sarcastically to the obv...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/28/26
And I made it clear, for a second time, I was never referrin...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/28/26
No that is not at all what you were doing. Lol you are a fuc...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/28/26
ty for showing yourself to be a legit retard. Those are not ...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
Google says Kroger's profit margins are 22-23%
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Kroger's net profit margin is approximately 0.71% over the t...
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
You think Mamdanimart will have the same overhead expenses a...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Their overhead will be even higher because it will all be un...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
https://www.ufcw.org/actions/campaign/kroger-union/
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
"What is the point of kroger being union if the pay isn...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
you sound like a real mfe on this topic. no wonder cons are ...
stirring vermilion school ladyboy
  07/27/26
...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
Anyone?
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
i already did u fag
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
Cons is this true?
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
cons, like libs, are fags
bespoke telephone wrinkle
  07/27/26
Cons?
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
feels like a worthwhile experiment. worst case, some people...
carnelian razzle-dazzle piazza
  07/27/26
Here's how it will work. Once a month, our five city-run gro...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
why wont rich ppl crowd out poor
Burgundy provocative temple
  07/27/26
The food will be dollar store tier. Total dogshit. Cons are ...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
At least mom Donnie is going to be able to do what he promis...
Hairless sooty boltzmann
  07/27/26
Russia literally gave up on communism because Boris Yeltsin ...
vigorous lodge
  07/27/26
Now they say grocery shelves are empty again in Russia. Mayb...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
Huh? Russia had no food, they switched to capalism and h...
vigorous lodge
  07/27/26
So as long as Mamdani isn't totalitarian his stores will hav...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/27/26
...
startling at-the-ready dog poop
  07/27/26
So is "bread lines" the consensus response from co...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/28/26
Still not convinced these stores are ever going to open. Is...
black zombie-like athletic conference dilemma
  07/28/26
I'd be more skeptical if they planned to do it faster than t...
bright jet-lagged office
  07/28/26
It takes Whole Foods like six months to open a Daily Shop, a...
black zombie-like athletic conference dilemma
  07/28/26
Cons, do we at least agree that bread lines will form?
bright jet-lagged office
  07/28/26
cons?
bright jet-lagged office
  07/28/26
Also really lame that NYC is not actually going to run the s...
black zombie-like athletic conference dilemma
  07/28/26
libs have shit for brains
pink center gaping
  07/28/26


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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

what's the consensus?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50026989)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:46 PM
Author: Soul-stirring sinister set depressive

because socialism is an inefficient failure. it only "works" until you run out of rich people to rob to pay for it. we have EBT in NYC- cash grants to the poor to buy groceries work just fine

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027011)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

NYC is almost out of rich people

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027015)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:50 PM
Author: Soul-stirring sinister set depressive

not really... but this is he dumbest and least-efficient way to get subsidized food to the poor. it's Soviet-style waste at its finest

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027023)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:50 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Oh it's just not "efficient" now, lol

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027028)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: Soul-stirring sinister set depressive

socialism is always a bad idea for any market good for a variety of reasons. but you asked why this grocery scam is bad idea and the waste/stupidity behind it is the worst

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027040)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

(Richard Posner)

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027049)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 4:31 PM
Author: concupiscible canary church

What about all the socialism we give to rich people?

DId we somehow "run out of money" to keep giving rich people tax cuts in 2017 & 2025?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027615)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:46 PM
Author: pink center gaping

it doesn't work just fine

giving people shit for free incentivizes them to be worthless

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027938)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:50 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

agreed. we should also cut tax breaks for corps. let them pay their normal amounts. we can't have lazy corps

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027949)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:36 PM
Author: pink center gaping

is this supposed to be a gotcha? if so, moronic fail

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50029679)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: Richard Ames

Can you make the case for them? Outline the "steelman" case for them.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027041)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:55 PM
Author: mahogany resort

Mamdani will get more votes

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027052)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:58 PM
Author: Richard Ames

The funny thing is that I think a lot of this shit doesn't even make a difference w.r.t. votes. Voting is basically just a population headcount now and a growing % of the population of NYC is incapable of understanding conditionals or second order thinking. Maybe it's necessary for Mamdani to hold off any potential adversaries to his left from within the DSA.

My bigger sense is that this probably just makes DSA activist types feel like they're "doing something" so they can avoid self-reflection and any requisite steps towards improving their own stead (of which step #1 would be leaving NYC for somewhere else and learning an actual skill).

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027066)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:59 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

More cities will elect mayors like him

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027072)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:55 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Food will be cheaper

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027053)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:56 PM
Author: Soul-stirring sinister set depressive

how?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027059)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:56 PM
Author: mahogany resort

30%

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027061)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:30 PM
Author: mustard flatulent ticket booth



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027227)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Zero profit margins for the retailer

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027064)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 1:59 PM
Author: Richard Ames

I actually agree with what you are saying. I imagine you would agree that such a pathway will lead to meaningfully reduced choice for these consumers. Surely everyone could eat free if the food is just rice and beans.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027070)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:00 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Not at all. If you like your grocery store you can keep shopping there

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027074)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:14 PM
Author: Richard Ames

Sure, if the government run stores remain simply a "Public Option." But even at such stores, choice will be limited.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027121)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:26 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Choice is pretty fucking limited at Whole Foods too. I assume you're aware of this

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027208)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: Richard Ames

Do you really think so?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027349)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:11 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

NSAM has schizophrenia. Please be patient.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027382)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

They don't even sell Doritos

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027857)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 4:31 PM
Author: concupiscible canary church

cr

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027617)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:02 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Profit margins for grocery stores are around 2%. These stores will operate at a loss. To the extent they dont, it is only because they are exempt from tqxes and use ciry owned property....but the government is losing tax and rental revenue so it is still a loss.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027079)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:05 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Police and fire departments operate at a loss, no?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027086)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:06 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Police coverage is not an excludable rivalrous good. Selling excludable rivalrous (finite) goods at a loss leads to shortages via waste and underproduction. This is why non-excludable non-rivalrous goods are called "public goods"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027088)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:09 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

I'll take that as a yes

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027095)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:58 PM
Author: chestnut fear-inspiring police squad

the private companies selling them the food also will have zero profit margins?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027333)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:49 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Your 20 cent bananas will now be 14 cents (and cost the city budget 30 cents). Checkmate capitalists

https://x.com/feelsdesperate/status/2081905821592510885

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028800)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:57 PM
Author: chestnut fear-inspiring police squad

this is false

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027330)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:04 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Problem: greedy corporations exist that make profit from selling food, which is a Human Right. Nobody should profit from a Human Right

Solution: sell at a loss using public subsidy, putting grocery stores out of business and bringing more of the economy under the wings of the public sector.



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027081)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

This is America. Food is a luxury good

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027100)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:24 PM
Author: Hateful contagious foreskin whorehouse

the stores will always be low on food

selling at a loss is obviously a terrible strategy, so when they run low on stuff they will have to wait a week to restock to slow down how much they lose

shrinkage will be an issue; obviously the post and daily news will be chomping at the bit to see how they deal with it

staffing will also be lol. presumptively they will be paying people 30 dollars and hour or whatever and not be able to really fire anyone, although again if they don't have much food to sell it's not like they need to do much "work"

either that or it will be a YUGE success its 50/50

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027189)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:27 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

So the problem is too many people will shop there and all the food will get consumed

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027213)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: brass pea-brained theatre pozpig

Governments shouldn't try to do stuff that tons of private businesses already do. If poors are too poor to buy food, we should give em some as we already do.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027294)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

This isnt for poors they already get food stamps. The point is to drive the geeedy corporations that profit from a Human Right out of business.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027305)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:50 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

How can they go out of business if Mamdani's stores have no food to sell? Surely some folks will opt to shop at Whole Foods instead of waiting in line for bread

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027309)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Even a 5% drop in revenue will drive some groceries out of busines given the razor thin profit margins.

It's a sliding scale. The more money they sink into the effort, the more business they'll take from the stores, and the more they'll further the goal of driving the groceries out of business. The less money they sink into it, the quicker the shelves will go bare and the less effective theyll be at the ideological goal. But the losses will be more scandalous and less sustainable. Worth watching how they navigate this.



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027327)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 4:48 PM
Author: concupiscible canary church

loooool!

the people who have the funds to shop at Whole Funds won't give a shit about a government grocery store.

The purpose of a public option is to give people a lower cost option instead being held by the balls by GC.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027662)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:01 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Profit margins are 1-2%. How is that "being held by yhe balls" genius?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027685)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: concupiscible canary church

Because a Gov't owned grocery store doesn't need to produce a profit.

Thus, food will be cheaper.

Did I make that clear enough you dumb faggot?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027807)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:40 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

The profit is 1%-2% of the cost you drooling imbecile. Except at Whole Foods and similar luxury stores where it is a whopping 4.5%. Wow really grabbing you by the balls! Big savings!!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027811)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: chestnut fear-inspiring police squad

you are dumb even for a black. like really really dumb.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030383)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:10 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

grocery stores make terrible margins and make $$$ off volumn.

we need a low margin business replaced by a... govt one?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027375)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:12 PM
Author: Passionate crotch

sounds like shitlib logic at its finest!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027390)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:14 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

to be fur, we shouldnt allow a single digit amount of companies control our food, so "cons" do the actual fucking there. but ya keep complaining about some retarded shitlib answer to a problem cons encourage.

remove jews. fuck everything else

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027398)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: Passionate crotch

fair enough

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027427)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:32 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

There are thousands of retailers selling food in NYC. Are you retarded you weird trannfyfucker?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027450)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 4:09 PM
Author: Richard Ames

I assume he was referencing the fact that Sysco and US Foods have an inordinate amount of power over the food supply.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027524)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 4:11 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Maybe for restaurant food.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027527)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

That plus https://i.insider.com/57ebdc8edd08954b368b47d7?width=700

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027830)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:14 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Oh wow so 10 companies own multiple brands? Wow its a real monopoly *blank stare*

I dont get it. What is a "proper" amount of companies to own those brands? How many brands should a company be banned from owning more than?

And what does this have to do with retailers (what Mamdani is taking on)

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027879)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:41 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

Majority of a major need, like food, should not come from a handful of companies. Its not about the # of brands u legit retard.

Those few companies will often control 80%+ of a market, often just a few (2-4) of them controlling 80%+.

A more competitive market will have say the top few controlling under 50% of the market.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027927)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 8:59 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Lol. Link to the percentages you just made up? Bevauae all your chart shows is a bunch of brands.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028394)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:06 AM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

wow how much of the soda drink market is controlled by pepsi and coke? how much of the cereal market is controlled by General mills and kellogs, etc etc. Killyourself ur freak

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50029129)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:07 AM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

"A major need"

*cites Pepsi*

Also, great statistics, you really proved that you cant eat unless you get 80% from 3 companies or whatever

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50029134)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:42 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Date: July 27th, 2026 3:32 PM

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There are thousands of retailers selling food in NYC. Are you retarded you weird trannfyfucker?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027929)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:43 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

thousands.... a handful.... basically the same if you around up to the nearest thousands!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027935)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 8:57 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

So General Mills and Kraft are "retailers" to you and your schizo buddy, genius?)

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028391)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 9:22 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

I love semantic arguments

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028423)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:52 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

You just brought up a completely unrelated post to what we were talkign about you weird psycho. No semantic argument.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028807)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:04 AM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

link to me using that term, retard?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50029122)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:10 AM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

I used it, and you and NSAM replied sarcastically to the obvious teuth that there are thousands of retailers in NYC. Are you retarded?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50029143)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 10:09 AM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

And I made it clear, for a second time, I was never referring to retailers. jfc u are too retarded bye

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50029285)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 10:16 AM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

No that is not at all what you were doing. Lol you are a fucking moron.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50029302)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

ty for showing yourself to be a legit retard. Those are not suppliers.

https://i.insider.com/57ebdc8edd08954b368b47d7?width=700

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027829)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Google says Kroger's profit margins are 22-23%

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027969)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 7:01 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

Kroger's net profit margin is approximately 0.71% over the trailing twelve months.

retard. its almost as if u need the costs of running a business to run a business. Just like costco charges a roughly 10-15% margin on its good, but breaks even on its stores and makes all of its profit off the membership fee.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027971)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 7:15 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

You think Mamdanimart will have the same overhead expenses as Kroger now. You probably think they'll invest like Kroger too.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027992)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 7:53 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

Their overhead will be even higher because it will all be union labor paid prevailing wage, with 50% of contractors being minority or women owned enterprises, and everything ethically sourced and fair trade.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028108)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 9:23 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

https://www.ufcw.org/actions/campaign/kroger-union/

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028427)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:51 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop

"What is the point of kroger being union if the pay isnt any better than any other grocery company?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/kroger/comments/1octiib/what_is_the_point_of_kroger_being_union_if_the/

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028804)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 9:41 PM
Author: stirring vermilion school ladyboy

you sound like a real mfe on this topic. no wonder cons are scared to answer you itt.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028471)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:49 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028797)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:22 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Anyone?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027425)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 3:24 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

i already did u fag

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027434)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:28 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Cons is this true?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027777)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:41 PM
Author: bespoke telephone wrinkle

cons, like libs, are fags

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027928)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:27 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Cons?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027775)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: carnelian razzle-dazzle piazza

feels like a worthwhile experiment. worst case, some people who usually buy overpriced stuff at a bodega get decent prices for a while

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027823)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Here's how it will work. Once a month, our five city-run grocery stores will set prices for this core set of goods at 30% below typical retail prices. No exceptions, no gimmicks. The savings will last for the entire month. That means no weekly fluctuations or sticker shock at the checkout line—not for our seniors living on fixed incomes, nor for the parents who rely on a regular supply of apple slices to keep toddler tantrums at bay.

https://x.com/i/status/2081748569992937730

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027860)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 7:01 PM
Author: Burgundy provocative temple

why wont rich ppl crowd out poor

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50027970)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

The food will be dollar store tier. Total dogshit. Cons are struggling to come to terms with this

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028317)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 8:43 PM
Author: Hairless sooty boltzmann

At least mom Donnie is going to be able to do what he promised at least in part

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028352)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 10:23 PM
Author: vigorous lodge

Russia literally gave up on communism because Boris Yeltsin came to America and saw the grocery stores under capitalism and realized communism didn't work.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028588)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:07 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Now they say grocery shelves are empty again in Russia. Maybe communism is better in the long run

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028736)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:18 PM
Author: vigorous lodge

Huh?

Russia had no food, they switched to capalism and had food, they then drifted back to a totalitarian regime and have no food again.

Makes you think! Government must be the answer. Just look at how great the North Koreans are doing.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028747)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:21 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

So as long as Mamdani isn't totalitarian his stores will have food on the shelves?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028750)



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Date: July 27th, 2026 11:52 PM
Author: startling at-the-ready dog poop



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50028808)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 3:12 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

So is "bread lines" the consensus response from cons?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030188)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:13 PM
Author: black zombie-like athletic conference dilemma

Still not convinced these stores are ever going to open. Is the plan still to have the first one open by late 2027? And MFH in 2029?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030306)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:20 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

I'd be more skeptical if they planned to do it faster than that

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030319)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:40 PM
Author: black zombie-like athletic conference dilemma

It takes Whole Foods like six months to open a Daily Shop, and these are about the same size. Why didn't they just find abandoned stores to renovate instead of building new stores?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030356)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

Cons, do we at least agree that bread lines will form?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030317)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:40 PM
Author: bright jet-lagged office

cons?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030357)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: black zombie-like athletic conference dilemma

Also really lame that NYC is not actually going to run the stores, they're hiring a private-sector contractor. Why? I thought the government was better at everything?

https://edc.nyc/nyc-groceries-operators-rfp

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030372)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: pink center gaping

libs have shit for brains

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5886643&forum_id=2#50030417)