Any answer on this?
I've run across the same problem. . . since installing mafia, it's drained my paltry newbie meatbank 3 or 4 times (with tiny houses, trying to make a cook-in-a-box, and cooking a recipe that I didn't have all the ingredients for)
Is there any way to prevent mafia from buying ANYTHING from the store (or at least from buying things in boxes so I can resume cooking / cocktailing)?