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TexasTowelie

(123,804 posts) Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:52 PM Thursday

Trump Promised Cheaper Groceries. Could Zohran Actually Deliver That? - More Perfect Union

Trump pledged to lower grocery prices, but beef prices are up 12.8% and coffee prices are up 20.9%.

Now, Zohran Mamdani is offering a radical solution.

We went out with ‪@accordingtothekid‬ to ask New Yorkers — including Trump voters — what they think of city-owned grocery stores.

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Trump Promised Cheaper Groceries. Could Zohran Actually Deliver That? - More Perfect Union (Original Post) TexasTowelie Thursday OP

It's a bold promise bucolic_frolic Thursday #1

bucolic_frolic

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1. It's a bold promise

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Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:08 PM

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With tax breaks and new hires, maybe they can keep overhead low for awhile. But I think it will bump up against pay raises for employees and the cost of food at the distributor level. Bulk buying will only go so far.

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