Time for Chicago to buy into public-owned grocery store concept

Another seven grocery stores closed on Chicago’s South and West sides last month, leaving thousands of families wondering where they’ll buy fresh food next. More closures are another reminder that access to something as basic as groceries remains fragile, depending on your ZIP code. Unfortunately, we’ve seen this movie

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan for five city-owned grocery stores has a shockingly bad business model, industry insiders argued, citing the administration’s newly released “request for proposals.” The socialist mayor has long touted his plan to bring New Yorkers cheaper goods by opening a “publicly-funded, privately-opera

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open five city-owned grocery stores is being misrepresented online with claims that identification will be required to shop there

An old saying suggests that actions speak louder than words. Assuming that to be true, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is an ardent supporter of identification requirements — requirements that many Democrats, including powerful legislators in his state, categorized as oppressive, racist, bigoted, and analogous to th

No, There Won’t Be ID Requirement For NYC-Owned Grocery Stores, Mamdani’s Office Says  Forbes

Mamdani's city-owned grocery stores are a socialist trap | Opinion  USA Today

Food costs have soared but existing businesses fear unfair competition and programs elsewhere yielded mixed results Carlos Collado, a Dominican immigrant who owns five independent grocery stores in the Bronx and Manhattan, has succeeded over the last three decades despite obstacles that he blames on local and state gov

Instead, they are likely to become hubs of disorder.

Venezuela’s government-run grocery stores led to endless lines, empty shelves, quotas, and corruption.