Why should a government be in the grocery business?

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Is there a shortage of retail grocery outlets in the country?
Do the Government Groceries (GGs) offer preferential pricing for the under-privileged?
Do the GGs stock products which are not available elsewhere and at similar prices?
Do the GGs act as a preferential channel for local producers who cannot access the private supermarket chains?
Do the GGs make super profits that can be ‘ploughed back’ to improve society?

If the answers to the above are ‘No’ – why be in business? Shouldn’t the government invest its limited ‘energies’ on the fundamentals, such as agriculture, education, health, public transportation and employment generating industries?

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Why should a government be in the grocery business?

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