A longtime grocer on the west side of Montgomery, Alabama, has closed its doors, leaving residents grappling with deeper food access challenges as the neighborhood inches closer to full food-desert conditions.
What’s happening?
As WSFA 12 News reported, the grocery store — most recently a Winn-Dixie — stood as a convenient source of fresh produce, household staples, and everyday necessities for people in District 4 for decades. But that chapter has come to an uncertain pause.
Behind construction fencing on Mobile Highway, the building now sits shuttered, reportedly undergoing renovations with plans to reopen under a different name — Piggly Wiggly Food for Less.
What should be a routine shopping trip has become a complicated ordeal for many longtime residents…