For me the biggest question is: “Will these City-ran grocery stores, be able to complete with the Walmart juggernaut?”
Yes, initially the city-ran stores will be placed in “food deserts”, but if the program is to succeed it need to go toe-to-toe with Walmart. Otherwise, the program won’t be able to reach the people who need it the most.
… and based on the article you posted, I’m sure Walmart won’t take this lying down. Walmart will have no second thoughts or remorse to sacrifice their suppliers in order to compete (thus, keeping customers flocking to their store).
It doesn’t look like there are any Walmarts in NYC. Honestly they probably don’t care about this, their model is big box stores that sell everything. You can’t put a big box store in NYC.
https://archive.is/KYd9U
Ugh, that’s a depressing read, and I already knew the story. Tl;dr: Walmart kills brands. The Walton family gets richer. Everyone else suffers.
For me the biggest question is: “Will these City-ran grocery stores, be able to complete with the Walmart juggernaut?”
Yes, initially the city-ran stores will be placed in “food deserts”, but if the program is to succeed it need to go toe-to-toe with Walmart. Otherwise, the program won’t be able to reach the people who need it the most.
… and based on the article you posted, I’m sure Walmart won’t take this lying down. Walmart will have no second thoughts or remorse to sacrifice their suppliers in order to compete (thus, keeping customers flocking to their store).
It doesn’t look like there are any Walmarts in NYC. Honestly they probably don’t care about this, their model is big box stores that sell everything. You can’t put a big box store in NYC.
There aren’t, and most of the big box stores are about a third to half the size of their equivalents outside the city