You say that many users like to buy these goods in bulk from the food shop - There's obviously money to be made from food as you'll have players buying these things in bulk for high prices. And by having a food market that fulfills these needs, you're discouraging the player market by directly competing with it when it comes to purchases in bulk - Why have the server do something that the market can do? A market like this is much better left in the hands of the player market, which fuels a robust economy.
Not even directly competing (or even coming close to) market prices when they are extremely inflated and overpriced. The point of this suggestion is not too make a competitive server shop, but too not make the server food shop be 65 ECD for 1 baked potato. Once again, prices at the new food shop would have hardly any effect (or any) on the player market nor do I think the demand. It is just for people who look to buy food for bulk without going through the laggy market (and no, food in bulk is not that common in the market).
You're still proposing to lower food prices to a more competitive level which in turn hurts the player market - You can say that the prices will still be high all you want, but there's going to be players who will now go to the server food shop as they can now buy food in bulk for cheaper prices at a set reliable location. It does have an effect on the market, though, as, like I've said above, players who buy in bulk will just go to the server shop instead of the market. Not to mention, I've seen food in bulk many times in the market - You're perfectly able to find a market stall with lots of food quite easily, actually. And with the food shop gone, we can expect more players to offer food in their market stalls as there's more demand for it.
