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rzemanfl

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5. If I recall correctly, something similar was happening here in Florida

Reply to dsc (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 29, 2025, 03:40 PM

Jun 29

at about that same time.

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Municipal Grocery Stores - Mamdani did not invent that concept. Just found out that it is being done here in ATL too [View all] tulipsandroses Jun 29 OP

As someone who buys their alcohol at a municipal liquor store, I think they're great. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 29 #1

He readily offered that the concept was tried in Kansas .. off-the-clock Jun 29 #2

Mississippi of all places ran their WIC program similarly in the late 1990s dsc Jun 29 #3

If I recall correctly, something similar was happening here in Florida rzemanfl Jun 29 #5

That does sound like a more efficient way of doing the WIC Program tulipsandroses Jun 29 #12

Will there be corporate brands in the stores? Nixie Jun 29 #4

Prices significantly lower plus great paying city union jobs is a win win IMO. MichMan Jun 29 #6

These stores are usually targeting food deserts newdeal2 Jun 29 #7

Commissaries and municipal liquor stores are common Arazi Jun 29 #8

That's a good point about liquor stores, poorer neighborhoods always have one of those nearby. Incanus Jun 29 #10

The more the better. Ping Tung Jun 29 #9

K&R Solly Mack Jun 29 #11

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