Do groceries and government go together? Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayoral candidate, thinks so. He wants to open five publicly owned groceries across the city to provide low-cost food to underserved New Yorkers. Critics say the proposal smacks of "Soviet bread lines."

One of New York's wealthiest grocers published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Monday attacking Zohran Mamdani for proposing the creation of up to five city-owned grocery stores. John Catsimatidis,