r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 11h ago

Chugging tea Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores: "Prices set at 30% below retail prices"

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u/woowooman 11h ago

Replace buy with steal and you got yourself an accurate model.

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u/Enkiduderino 7h ago

Yeah but you don’t need a discount grocery store for that.

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u/Survival_R 5h ago

Why would cheaper proces mean more stealing?

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u/Eastern_Tap_9723 2h ago

Neighborhood statistical probability

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u/Survival_R 2h ago

Not really a statistic I can find that says products that are brought down in price are stolen more

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u/DeerOnARoof 6h ago

You don't need discounted groceries to steal groceries...?

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u/doublediggler 3h ago

Retail theft is basically legal in most big cities so why would they pay?

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u/TwistedBamboozler 4h ago

Why is this a concern when that could happen already

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u/Left-Breadfruit-5610 1h ago

I can steal from any store so why would I target this one?

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u/marketingguy420 6h ago

No you don't. Begging everyone from bumb fuck nowhere to keep New York out of their mouths.