She was laid off from Microsoft, now she’s behind the only Black-owned grocery store in Chicago

Elizabeth Abunaw has found her purpose in a career she never thought she would have. She recently opened her business, “Forty Acres Fresh Market,” in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

She told the Chicago Tribune, “I didn’t dream of becoming a grocer, I wanted to be an MTV DJ.”

“But I think a good business should solve a problem.”…

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