‘This is the way communists think’

Government-supported grocery stores are suddenly all the rage.

In New York, democratic socialist mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has promised to open city-owned stores in each of the five boroughs.

In Atlanta, the city contributed $8 million in cash and grants to a store that opened last summer and is already planning another subsidized store 6 miles away.

There have been government-owned stores in recent years in Florida and Kansas.

And in Madison — well, what’s happening in a south side neighborhood in Madison is the perfect illustration of why government should stay out of an intensely competitive business it knows nothing about.

The city started planning to get involved in the grocery business at least six years ago amid fears that a Pick ’n Save at

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