Source: Washington Monthly
by Claire Kelloway
“During his successful campaign to become New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani promised he would combat rising grocery prices by setting up a city-run grocery store in each of New York’s five boroughs. Critics have slammed the proposal as a socialist fantasy that would only create uncompetitive, Soviet-style stores. They point out, rightly, that other American cities and towns have tried running grocery stores in recent years and their track record is not great. … But if the whole concept of government-run grocery stores is untenable, someone needs to alert the Pentagon, because since 1867, the U.S. military has operated discount grocery stores called commissaries, with great success for active-duty service members, certain veterans, and their families.” (01/22/26)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/22/how-to-bring-down-grocery-prices/