Jody’s Market, the downtown Lawrence microgrocery store, will close Friday.
Owner Reanna Slagle confirmed the closure, saying business had been slow for months, and the store was no longer sustainable. The store previously announced it was scaling back what products it carries, and it is currently having a closing sale.
Slagle said the primary pressures that caused the closure came from the broader economy. She said as tariffs and the war in Iran raised prices, customers thinned…