Come and Get It


“New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed back Monday night against claims that his proposed city-owned grocery stores would require shoppers to show identification, calling the allegation false after MAGA seized on remarks from one of his officials to argue Democrats were applying a double standard on voter ID. There will be no system to verify identity, residency or income, and no one will be asked to show ID to shop.”Media Ite.

The Sun Fresh has been struggling for at least the past year. Neighbors, store employees and the nonprofit development company that operated the store blamed crime and homelessness. The store couldn’t survive even though the Kansas City Council pumped $750,000 into the operation in May, much of that to bolster security. Despite almost $18 million of dollars in taxpayer investment over the past ten years, the Sun Fresh grocery store in the Linwood Shopping center closed its doors Tuesday.” KCUR

And that is all I’m going to say about that!

Soviet grocery store interior with shoppers, customers at counters, shelves of dairy, canned goods, and bread
Shoppers in a Soviet grocery store queue for groceries and dairy products

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