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Originally Posted by Wolven
I've decided it can succeed and that there are much larger opportunities for benefits than just opening a public grocery store.
The biggest risk is that whatever government implements the solution would need to stay in power for a couple of terms to allow it enough runway to mature. Otherwise some corporatist party would come in with a sledgehammer and break it immediately so that their corporate friends can get back to pillaging us for profits.
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I think an arms length crown corporation public grocer is a great idea.
A: We don't have enough competition in this country amoungst grocers
B: It would provide public confidence that grocers aren't... say... colluding to fix the price of bread.
C: Galen Weston isn't exactly hurting for dough (literally and figuratively)... they all make billions in profit yearly so it's not like there isn't a business case for it if you're willing to eat the start-up costs and I'm perfectly content with taxpayers getting a slice of those profits.
D: Even if they do privatize it down the road so long as they sell it to a Kroger or an Aldi it's still a net positive because that's more competition.