Newark is taking a different approach to food shopping – opening up community food stores that undercut supermarkets.
“[Customers] probably didn’t expect our prices to be lower, but they are happy about it,” said West Ward store manager Bernice Guzman.
Newark’s first five community grocery stores – one for each ward – opened this month. They aren’t food pantries, but the customers only pay 25-30% above wholesale. For a growing family, it can make a difference…