Grocery Store Brings Hope and Life Back into North Philly

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North Philadelphia has seen hard times. Factories that closed years ago took money and jobs with them, leaving the community depressed and struggling with climbing rates of poverty and crime. A full-service grocery store that sold fresh fruits and vegetables did not exist.

But the story is taking a new direction these days, and many folks in the community attribute that to the new supermarket.

The new Brown’s ShopRite, which sit where an abandoned building once did, finally opened its doors in August 2013, and the community has been praising it ever since.

Besides creating jobs and hiring at-risk youth, the store offers high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables, something this neighborhood hasn’t seen in a long time.

With rates of childhood obesity on the rise, especially in inner-city kids, customers say the ShopRite brings so many healthy alternatives for kids to eat, when before their only options were junk and fast food.

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