Jule Pattison-Gordon, Governing
- Groceries are about 20 percent more expensive than they were pre-pandemic. Residents who’ve seen their community grocery stores close must trek long distances for fresh food.
- A New York Assembly member and Chicago’s mayor have proposed creating city-owned grocery stores to bring residents affordable, fresh food.
- Government-owned groceries may be a new idea for big cities, but not for rural America. A handful of small towns and cities have tried similar ideas, but with mixed success.
1 comment:
We need to rethink a whole lot about who ows the economy ause when the rich dominate, like now, it does not work very well for most even as the stockmarket goes up. We need a whole lot more equality in it before it will work in our communities.
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