Wood’s Supermarket and Deli sits in front of a cooperative grain elevator in Pocahontas, a town of about 1,800 people in northwest Iowa.
Although a few dollar stores carry food, this is the only grocery store in town. The closest alternatives are outside the county lines, about 20-30 minutes away. Kent and his wife, Kim, say they’re not sure what people would do if they closed the store.
“We have elderly people that aren’t going to drive out of town,” Kent said. “I think it would be really difficult for our community…