On Sunday, April 12, 2026, during the commemoration of his first 100 days in office, Mayor Mamdani gave New Yorkers an update on one of his key campaign promises: city-owned government-operated grocery stores. The following Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Mamdani and other officials held an event at the proposed location of one of these stores. […]
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Should the US Adopt France’s “Supermarket Law” for Food Waste?
Next month will mark 10 years since France enacted “Loi Garot”, a law to regulate food waste from supermarkets. As of 2016, 18% of the food produced in France went to waste, approximately 10 million tonnes. Originally pioneered by councilman Arash Derambarsh, this law proposed that supermarkets larger than 400 square meters be “forbidden to […]
