*Pak also echoed Mamdani’s assertion that only certain items in the stores would be discounted.*
*“We did a lot of analysis of what people buy in terms of their everyday goods,” she said. “****Even if there are a lot of people who buy soda, we’re not discounting soda.”***
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*Mamdani has previously said the shops will focus on selling a discounted core basket of goods, but will contain a myriad of other items sold at market price.*
So what’s the point?
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> “What effort has been made to help other stores in general?” asked Adam Friedman, an urban planner and EDC board member, asked during Thursday’s meeting, according to NY1.
> “That’s the issue that I think a number of us were getting at — how is its impact on competition? All these businesses are trying to do right,” he told the outlet after.
They don’t care, my dude. This is all about seizing the means of production. Or maybe distribution, in this specific instance. You will come to the government for your food because it will be ‘cheaper’ there, driving out competition, because Bob is Brooklyn is also paying taxes to keep this store in Manhattan going, and some commisar at City Hall is getting xe/xer’s salary paid from that till as well. It’s just how this crap works.
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Ah yes- the “warmth of collectivism”
LOL Could have been a Bee article
*Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Economic Development Corporation admitted this week that his* [*city-owned grocery stores* ](https://nypost.com/2026/07/07/business/grocers-bodegas-claim-nyc-officials-are-demanding-private-business-info-as-city-preps-government-owned-supermarkets/)*“might not have all the items” you’d find in a typical supermarket.*
*The five stores — which are expected to cost taxpayers upwards of* [*$70 million*](https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/mamdanis-70m-city-owned-grocery-store-plan-hasnt-been-studied-for-small-business-impact/) *— will likely not include hot food counters or butchers, EDC officials revealed during a board meeting Thursday.*
*Pak also echoed Mamdani’s assertion that only certain items in the stores would be discounted.*
*“We did a lot of analysis of what people buy in terms of their everyday goods,” she said. “****Even if there are a lot of people who buy soda, we’re not discounting soda.”***
*Mamdani has previously said the shops will focus on selling a discounted core basket of goods, but will contain a myriad of other items sold at market price.*
So what’s the point?
> “What effort has been made to help other stores in general?” asked Adam Friedman, an urban planner and EDC board member, asked during Thursday’s meeting, according to NY1.
> “That’s the issue that I think a number of us were getting at — how is its impact on competition? All these businesses are trying to do right,” he told the outlet after.
They don’t care, my dude. This is all about seizing the means of production. Or maybe distribution, in this specific instance. You will come to the government for your food because it will be ‘cheaper’ there, driving out competition, because Bob is Brooklyn is also paying taxes to keep this store in Manhattan going, and some commisar at City Hall is getting xe/xer’s salary paid from that till as well. It’s just how this crap works.