As one grocery store chain closes after another, the roving bands of thieves are left with the munchies. Chicago’s new rabidly socialist Mayor Brandon Johnson is getting ready to roll out Soviet Union style food distribution. Since decriminalized crime and legalized shoplifting policies went into effect, capitalist retailers are leaving in herds. Hizzoner promises a socialist food distribution oasis awaits in their windy desert.
City-owned grocery stores
Recently, after the closure of four Walmart stores and a Whole Foods, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a plan for “city-owned grocery stores.” The socialized utopia will “serve neighborhoods that have become food deserts,” he assures.
They’ll still have the same problem of all the inventory walking out the door without going through the check out line but that won’t matter. They can take what they want because the city will be paying for everything.
After solving the car theft problem by suing the makers for building models so easy to steal, Mayor Johnson decided to “partner with the nonprofit advocacy group Economic Security Project to serve areas of the city that were left behind after Walmart closed four of its Windy City locations.”
WTF? Chicago can't keep grocery stores in the city. Chains have closed due to theft, looting and violent crimes. ????
The city has come up with the bright idea of having govt owned grocery stores for "food equity". ????
Apparently, no one has given any thought whatsoever… pic.twitter.com/CB8mMe9tML
— Morgana Le Faye *Patriot *America 1st* ???????? (@Keltic_Witch) September 18, 2023
Chicago’s vast and varied history of fraud, corruption and connections has nothing to do with the state sponsored grocery monopoly, he insists. Major retailers can’t make a profit but by privatizing the distribution network, the taxpayers can fund the losses directly. Steal as much as you want, we’ll bill all the taxpayers for it in April.
Walmart continues to struggle and hope that by closing the four most heavily targeted stores they can keep four others open. They aren’t overly optimistic about it though.
The grocery business is cut-throat there with nobody making any money at it. Walmart noted that “collectively our Chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago.”
Whole Foods left early
When Whole Foods closed out it’s grocery business in Englewood after six years of barely surviving, they shocked everyone because the lease still had a year to run. That means that even if someone else wanted the space, they couldn’t use it.
Locals were shocked because “the location boasted very affordable prices for the grocer’s infamously-overpriced organic goods.” They could only subsidize those prices by actually selling the food, not giving it away.
Since the evil greedy capitalists insist on such anti-social things as “profit” and “law enforcement,” Mayor Johnson found a way to do without them. His plan for city-owned grocery stores is fully designed to promote “equitable” access to food. Well, it will be.
Chicago mayor proposes city-owned grocery stores as Walmart, Whole Foods exits leave ‘food deserts’ https://t.co/qnbn9yz8gc pic.twitter.com/sl35BGDYom
— New York Post (@nypost) September 18, 2023
“His administration reportedly still has to conduct the first step: a feasibility study.” For some strange reasons the bean counters at the treasury office keep insisting that they only have a limited supply of money. Can’t they just print some more up?
Meanwhile, Save A Lot would love to move into the space left by Whole Foods.
While the low-priced grocery store is expected to move in as soon as the property opens up, “Englewood residents are concerned that it won’t offer the same types of healthy options.” They much prefer stealing organic.
