Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is mired in yet another supermarket mess.
An online grocery platform that runs a city program for low-income households has stiffed Big Apple grocers to the tune of more than $1 million — even as the city seeks to enlarge the company’s contract to a whopping $75 million, The Post has learned.
San Diego-based Mercato — whose web portal lets eligible New Yorkers purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at a 50% discount from local grocery stores throughout the five boroughs — received $30.4 million over the past four and a half years from the city’s “Groceries to Go” program, city records show.
Nevertheless, Mercato this year has failed to pay for more than $1 million in produce it delivered to customers months ago from dozens of independent supermarkets, including C-Town, Bravo and Key Food, according to store owners…