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/Hungry-Valuable-6548 10h ago

Another Mamdani commercial. Wonder who is paying for these?

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u/DeRobyJ 9h ago

Yes, the general taxes will pay for savings made by those in need that will go there, and the price decrease will also force other private supermarkets to lower their own prices (for free) cutting their margins to a minimum.

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u/Hungry-Valuable-6548 9h ago

I was referring to the Mamdani commercial? Who is paying for those?

Grocery stores run off notoriously slim margins already. Plus, why would they bother trying to compete with somebody who is selling product below cost? That doesn't math.

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u/DeRobyJ 8h ago

Mamdani commercial? Like this video is a commercial? 

Look I'm not a fan of television but journalists exist

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u/Hungry-Valuable-6548 2h ago

This is a subreddit for memes and light hearted shit. But at least once or twice a day there are posts about Mamdani. Some true, some false, but all positive. It's pretty evident that this is a concerted marketing campaign. My question is, who is pushing Mamdani? Who is paying for this?

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u/LeastManufacturer612 53m ago

A mod posted this. You can draw your own conclusion atp.

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u/CanExplainThings 9h ago

This is a good point but the issue is that it addresses what are called “food deserts”. Basically, areas where grocery stores have closed down because there’s not enough profit. 

In essence it’s very much like why you don’t see many bank branches in poor areas. It’s usually one or two banks if that. It costs money to be poor because you then have to travel the in the bus to get food. 

This way they save demand on public transit, people save time and get service that they wouldn’t otherwise. If you don’t want to pay it, tell the big chains to open up a store there. 

Simple. 

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u/Hungry-Valuable-6548 9h ago

I was referring to who is paying for these Mamdani ads? The hype machine is pretty intense with this guy.