ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Natural Pantry Grocery Store in midtown Anchorage may seem like a fancy place to shop but owner Vikki Solberg says that wasn’t always the case.
“We started in the back of my mom’s duplex on Fireweed Lane,” she said during a recent interview, adding that the store has had no less than eight Anchorage locations in the 50 years it’s been in business. That includes the current midtown store she built with her late husband Rick that opened its doors in 2014.
Solberg said the $20 million they spent to open the midtown location was a bit of a gamble but ultimately, the couple was confident the economy could sustain the large store…