Progressive Grocer awards Fare and Square store of the month!

 
Progressive Grocer, the premier voice of the retail food industry, recently awarded our Fare and Square project for Philabundance its store of the month.  Read about how the design of the small store helps boost sales and keep people healthy at Progressive Grocer! 

Philabundance Opens Supermarket in Chester

Grand opening celebration

Philabundance, the local food charity that has been doing great work in the Philadelphia area feeding the hungry for years, has upped the ante and built the first non-profit supermarket in the country.  We were lucky enough to help them along in their efforts to rid Chester of the dubious distinction of being a food desert.  After a few tries, we finally got the plan right, and we had the good people at Sullivan Construction knock it out of the park building it. 
Check out some news stories here: Philly.com and here and one more here.

Philabundance takes on Chester Supermarket

Izzo Here:  Jerry and I have been working with Philabundance on their latest endeavor to put a food market in Chester, PA.  They have a pretty awesome concept to bring fresh food to the residents of Chester who have been without a supermarket for the last decade!   Chester is an area that the USDA is referring to as a food desert.  Anyway, the Philabundance crew had their official ground breaking for their Fare and Square concept last Thursday, complete with the Action News crew and all the local bigwigs including Jerry.  You can spot him at 0:31 in the video clip.click here for ABC news Video