A grocery store on the Peninsula opened its doors for the first time last Friday.
Semi-It Market is a small grocery store in Newport News. It’s also a café with a farm in the back. It brings fresh produce and meat in collaboration with a local Black Chamber of Commerce known as Black BRAND. The organization is working with the store to allow SNAP benefits at the grocery shop.
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Local woman opens grocery market in Newport News to address food insecurity
Cindy Rosa, the owner of Semi-It Market, says she got the idea for the store after seeing a need in her community…