A nonprofit grocery store recently opened its doors in the struggling community of Chester, Pa.
Fare & Square has a goal of providing the city’s 35,000 residents with a place to purchase healthy, locally produced food. The town, a former shipyard and auto-manufacturing hub, had been without a grocery store for more than a decade.
Along with affordable fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy products, the bright new store has brought a measure of hope to the small city since its grand opening in September, say patrons and employees. ...