Of course it will work. But it has to also do a publicly-owned distribution centre/network. Loblaw now owns a significant part the distribution side and independent grocers end up buying from Loblaw. This is a great hack that lets Loblaw say their retail margins aren’t that high, while making money before the products even enter the retail side. And of course it allows them to make money from smaller competitors.

We have those in America already, they are called co-ops. This is the one in my area: https://www.honestweight.coop/ and https://www.niskayunaco-op.com/ . Mamdani’s proposal isn’t bold, it’s already been done, and there is no reason why they can’t be implemented in NYC.

This isn’t about co-ops

I’m curious. Can I made a bunch of bread, sit just off NoFrills property, and gift a loaf to everyone who agrees not to buy bread from the store.

Technically yes, but I’m sure the cops would show up and charge you with mischief or something. Remember, the cops are here to protect the status quo, not to protect you.

Why “terrible”? You got something against crown corporations?

I don’t have a universal like or dislike of publicly owned companies. Expending limited resources and political capital on running a supermarket before trying any antitrust regulation is a waste of governmental resources.

I don’t see what the backlash is about. A publicly owned store is no different from Costco, except everybody’s a member and there are no owners raking off prof-… ohhhhh, now I get it.

We cut out the middleman and put the plastic directly in the food.

The article shouldn’t be implying. It’s part of his platform.

they are called coops

No they are not.

Of course coops exist in Canada but it’s not the same thing

I live in Toronto, I just do all my grocery shopping in Chinatown on Spadina and the surrounding area. so much cheaper, like insanely cheaper and better stuff too.

I think if you got the right license to be an artisan producer you would be fine, might need a permit to setup a tent or something.

Fuck Weston nationalize Loblaws. Boom running a supermarket made easy.

The penalty for illegal price fixing food like Weston’s Bread, should be nationalization into the public fold.

The Weston Bakery Empire and Galen’s yacht aptly named “Bread” should be public property.

We need that in Norway.

Ummm yes

God yes. The grocery selection here is horrible.

They’re here to advance the interests of the state. Which is usually the status quo, but when it’s suddenly not, shit happens.

It’s a solution that can be implemented by powerless people on their own. I agree that the state has better means at its disposal, but they’re not going to help any time soon.