For more than a decade, a group of Detroiters worked toward something the city was lacking. In a city that’s nearly 80% Black, there were almost no Black-owned grocery stores. So they set out to build one — owned by the people it serves.
In 2024, the Detroit People’s Food Co-op opened on Woodward in the North End.
Two years later, it’s asking for help. The co-op says it’s bringing in close to $3 million a year. Before it opened, it projected about $80,000 a week — more than $4 million. This month it launched a campaign to recruit 500 new owners and asked shoppers to spend $10 more every time they come in…