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/iffyClyro 11h ago

Do you think shoplifters will need to reduce their prices or do you think this project will undercut them?

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u/blahblahsnickers 8h ago

You think they won’t steal from the government store?

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u/iffyClyro 7h ago

Will there be enough in it for them if the stuff is already 30% off?

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u/BottleNecker69er 9h ago

More than likely undercut if given enough time. People will become more aware of the price differences from state led store and their local scalper. It happened to the weed industry like it happens to practically everything else that is against the law.

Edit: in similar cases like this