A City-Backed Grocery Store in Atlanta Offers Mamdani a Model

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Rising inflation, a flat job market, soaring fuel prices and collateral damage from Donald Trump’s trade war have put affordability at the center of the US political conversation. A CNN poll published earlier this month found 73% of Americans rate economic conditions poorly, with 61% saying they have caused them to modify grocery stores purchases.

Food prices were a big issue in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s election campaign and directly tied to one of his signature policies: a plan to open city-owned grocery stores. ...