Independent grocers Ric’s Food Market in Mount Pleasant and Park Street Market in Kalamazoo take innovative approaches to the ever-changing grocery business. In many ways, Ric’s Food Center and Park Street Market couldn’t be more different. Ric’s is the oldest locally-owned grocery store in Mount Pleasant, a community in rural mid-Michigan. Park Street Market is a version of a successful Detroit model transplanted to Kalamazoo in 2010 to increase access to fresh produce for an underserved urban neighborhood.