The Brief
- Save-A-Lot in Gulfport closed Sept. 16, leaving a key grocery gap in South St. Pete.
- One Community Grocery Co-op hopes to open a member-owned store to bring affordable food back.
- In Pinellas County, 1 in 3 low-income neighborhoods are classified as food deserts.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A grocery co-op wants to offer fresh food to South St. Pete residents who recently lost a grocery store.
The backstory:
For years, Save-A-Lot on Gulfport Boulevard quietly filled a need. It wasn’t high-end, but it had the basics. Now it’s closed, and the nearest full-service grocery store is out of reach for many nearby families.…