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are we reading the same article? It talks about lawsuits aimed to stop grocery store construction as well. >In Mammoth Lakes, Vons is the main supermarket, and
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
are we reading the same article? It talks about lawsuits aimed to stop grocery store construction as well.
>In Mammoth Lakes, Vons is the main supermarket, and there are suspicions they have been working to limit the construction and growth of a competitor, Grocery Outlet, through environmental claims. In 2017, a group, Sustainable Mammoth Lakes, filed to prevent the construction of a small Grocery Outlet occupying slightly more than one acre, with just 49 parking spots, on a spot that had already had commercial building and was close to a highway.
- insane_dreamer 2y agothat's a separate issue than leasing the empty KMart (another strategy for blocking competitors but a separate issue nonetheless)
- s1artibartfast 2y agoMy point is that they go hand in hand. I started my original statement with the word AND. If you have a protracted legal battle for a new construction, intense zoning regulation, and laws against new development, then of course you will have all kinds of games played to control the existing supply. See also: housing