Touch the Soil News #2045 (photo – Royal Food Mart) (Courtesy of Royal Food Mart and Cornerstone Community Wellness https://www.ccwell.org/)
The Washington Post brings an inspiring story of how a small town, about to lose its only grocery store, was saved by the community and turned into a grocery store whose primary goal is the sustenance of the grocery store. While unusual, this kind of cooperative economics is important if a product or service does not have the revenue potential for large profits, but the service is crucial for a community. The financial goal is to sustain the store, its employees and the community. You can read the full story here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/31/royal-super-mart-sheffield-illinois/
