BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMayor Mamdani Unveils 30% Discount at New Municipal Grocery Storeswww.nyc.govexternal-linkmessage-square194linkfedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down11
arrow-up1624arrow-down1external-linkMayor Mamdani Unveils 30% Discount at New Municipal Grocery Storeswww.nyc.govBlackLaZoR@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square194linkfedilink
minus-squarebowsertattoo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agogrocery stores are efficient for their owners, but not for food. grocery stores waste a lot of food. source: i used to eat grocery store dumpster food
minus-squareholy_scroller@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoIf they were efficient for their owners, there profit would be a shit ton more than 3% of revenue. Food dumping is its own issue. I bet the government grocery stores will have to follow the exact same laws. The Piggly Wigley or the Bodega are not raking it in.
minus-squarequarkquasar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIt’s true, the people who own the stores make barely anything. We all know capitalists just help people out of the goodness of their hearts. That’s why America has free health care and no gun worries.
minus-squareholy_scroller@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI would suggest you look up exactly what they make. Plenty of grocery stores are publicly traded companies. Go ask a bodega owner.
grocery stores are efficient for their owners, but not for food. grocery stores waste a lot of food. source: i used to eat grocery store dumpster food
If they were efficient for their owners, there profit would be a shit ton more than 3% of revenue.
Food dumping is its own issue. I bet the government grocery stores will have to follow the exact same laws.
The Piggly Wigley or the Bodega are not raking it in.
It’s true, the people who own the stores make barely anything.
We all know capitalists just help people out of the goodness of their hearts. That’s why America has free health care and no gun worries.
I would suggest you look up exactly what they make. Plenty of grocery stores are publicly traded companies. Go ask a bodega owner.