date:Sep 29, 2013
charging prices 8 percent to 10 percent lower than small urban grocers.
Unlike most store owners, Philabundance is obliged not to make a profit in Chester, declared a food desert by the federal government - a low-income area lacking ready access to healthy food. The agency said it would strive to offer fresh fruits and vegetables as well as meats at the lowest possible prices.
In a city of 33,000 people where it's nearly impossible to buy a head of lettuce in any of 100 corner stores, that qua