There Are Fewer than 10 Black-Owned Grocery Stores in America

[EBK String]

This is true. Even the marianos in bronzeville is ass.

the one on 16th and Clark is way better.

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

Yeah, Black people need to stop raising money for these large-scale projects without being 100% certain they can present at least a minimum-viable product for supporters to try out.

Or even conducting market research to determine if that's what people want. Why exactly are you even trying to compete with Amazon? Can't you use amazon???

 

[3rdWorld]

Always wondered why dudes chose to sell dope than vegetable produce..same thing, and legal?

 

[Originalman]

Breh

Dollar General is killing whatever is left in them white rural areas.

^this is true and I mean very true.

 

[alpo]

Always wondered why dudes chose to sell dope than vegetable produce..same thing, and legal?

Ummmm cause it’s easier to sell dope

 

[3rdWorld]

Ummmm cause it’s easier to sell dope

It's not actually..well, easier to get your start but never ended well for anybody. commerce is commerce, right?

 

[alpo]

It's not actually..well, easier to get your start but never ended well for anybody. commerce is commerce, right?

Of course that’s the point

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

I hate to be , but trying to run a quality grocery store is always going to be a challenge the way things are in our communities. You'd have to have a big group, or an individual with big pockets willing to put in the time and money to make it work.

Agreed. Big-time grocery stores have razor-thin margins. Not profitable unless you can scale up.

Target/Walmart do well because they sell a lot of other things besides groceries.

We have black corner stores but big time, full service grocers...not as much. Like you said, gotta have some serious $$$ to get that going. If you have serious $$$, you'll likely spend it in other ways.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

How many independently owned stores are there? Not very many. Corporations have the game on lock.

The only way you can survive as an indie is if you own an ethnic store that specializes in products that you can’t find at big Super Markets.

Not much of a market for native born black or white Americans.

Yep. Big supermarkets have one lane while specialty stores are something different. Like a big Korean mart, African food stores, Super Mercados/Carniceria's etc.

Black Americans and white Americans....we eat the same shyt but just cook it differently (Mac N Cheese & potato salad being good examples of this).

 

[///Vega+++]

Coming out of that 16 50-posts pages #bussitchallenge thread to read this is quite the mood crusher...
*leaves thread*

 

[get these nets]

July 22, 2022

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

I had an idea to have produce trucks that bought from black farmers in the south and drove into food deserts to sell good directly to people that needed it the most. Those trailers with the flip out sides. Have them sell right off the truck fresh. You could have meats and produce.

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

I had an idea to have produce trucks that bought from black farmers in the south and drove into food deserts to sell good directly to people that needed it the most. Those trailers with the flip out sides. Have them sell right off the truck fresh. You could have meats and produce.

you can ship meat, with produce its a lil different. Tomatoes lose half their flavor once they are refrigerated.

Black Farmers consolidating their offerings and setting up value-added production, imo is the only way we are going to make this thing work. Selling to grain elevators is good work, but letting half of that farm turn into wildlife, private hiking trails/campgrounds, and then using the other half to produce artisan flour and other grain products. Thats the way.

 

[get these nets]

Spoiler: opening Fall 2023

Now expanding as a chain grocer has closed locations in the area


June 20, 2024

Black-owned grocery store in Waterloo aims to feed food desert created by Hy-Vee closing

All-In Grocers, a local, Black-owned grocery store in Waterloo, says it is taking steps to fill the food desert when Hy-Vee closes its Logan Avenue location.

cbs2iowa.com