An update on New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-run grocery store plans was unveiled on Monday. According to the announcement, the five new city-run grocery stores will have a core basket of groceries that are 30 percent cheaper. This discount includes fresh produce, meat and seafood, along and an additional 20 categories of refrigerated […]
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The ADHD Tax at the Grocery Store
As someone with ADHD, going to the grocery store is an exhausting chore. We have to remember what we put on the list because we happened to forget the list at home. The noise around the grocery store is distracting, getting distracted by food that you shouldn’t buy, but you realize that you “need” and […]
Mayor Mamdani Announces Plans for City-Owned Grocery Store in Harlem
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. […]
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 […]
