McGreaser
Imagine for a second a country like ********* (set in any one to your liking, i.e. Denmark, Israel etc. etc.) giving subsidies on basic foods only to nationals, leaving out non nationals like ******** (set in any group to your liking, i.e. asylum seekers, Palestinians etc. etc.).
Now picture the uproar in this region and the words chosen for such a behavior. And rightfully so.
It seems though that concerning basic foods they will do it through cooperatives where any resident can go and buy. That would be the way to go, allthough i still think that by subsidising stuff you only fight the symptom and not the root of inflation.