Philadelphia man opens a supermarket in his old neighborhood

[popogogo]

I hope the community looks out for this man and his family and they have a long successful store that is a staple in the community and neighborhood

I hope so too. Wendell Pierce, Bunk from The Wire, opened a store in New Orleans called Sterling Farms to brings fresh food to the hood.

They shoplifted and robbed the store blind and it was closed in 13 months.

 

[get these nets]

I shop at the one on germantown ave sometimes.
Prices are cheaper but i noticed a lot of the products are nearing their expiration date and they will have a product once then never again, it's kind of like a marshalls for food.

far as the "black owned" bit, not really. The one i go to tried to spin the same thing so i looked into it. Its backed by cacs but they use a black person as the face for the community buy in. The one near me built luxury apts on top of it, so I think they finessed the black economic development bill by getting a black person involved and maybe throwing in a few "low income" units and then marketing the grocery store as being black owned

not bringing this up to shyt on the markets, cause they still provide a service to the community and prices for stuff is cheaper. Just not sure how to feel about a business being "black owned" when ultimately cacs stand to make the most money off it being successful

Oh, yeah you are definitely an Eagles fan.
Big time development projects have several investors and backers. As the article details about this location. Not exactly a reveal. Nor are the details about what type of inventory that supermarket stocks. Which is also detailed in the article.

Shaq and Queen Latifah have LONG money, and even the development projects they are involved in for Newark, NJ have other investors and backers. It's not a trick or using Black faces. It's the way development works.

The man in the story leveraged his work experience with this company, and most of his resources to have a stake in a business and help to develop the community that he has ties to.

Skepticism is healthy, but over the top cynicism is different.

 

[get these nets]

I used to live over that way. And the only food options were Murray’s,

Restoring the feeling of Murray's.

You guys aren't talking about Murray's Meats, are you?

I thought that was strictly a NJ chain.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

You guys aren't talking about Murray's Meats, are you?

I thought that was strictly a NJ chain.

Still feeling restored.

 

[Consigliere]

You guys aren't talking about Murray's Meats, are you?

I thought that was strictly a NJ chain.

I am. There was a Murrrays on Girard ave. Now it’s a Dollar Tree.

Every once in a while we used to buy 5 finger discount meat off random trucks. Pause.

 

[ColdSlither]

Respect to the breh!

 

[get these nets]

I am. There was a Murrrays on Girard ave. Now it’s a Dollar Tree.

Every once in a while we used to buy 5 finger discount meat off random trucks. Pause.

Dapped

We both grew up in "connected" cities, so I know exactly what "you'se" talking about when you say five finger discount meat that "fell" out of the truck.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I shop at the one on germantown ave sometimes.
Prices are cheaper but i noticed a lot of the products are nearing their expiration date and they will have a product once then never again, it's kind of like a marshalls for food.

far as the "black owned" bit, not really. The one i go to tried to spin the same thing so i looked into it. Its backed by cacs but they use a black person as the face for the community buy in. The one near me built luxury apts on top of it, so I think they finessed the black economic development bill by getting a black person involved and maybe throwing in a few "low income" units and then marketing the grocery store as being black owned

not bringing this up to shyt on the markets, cause they still provide a service to the community and prices for stuff is cheaper. Just not sure how to feel about a business being "black owned" when ultimately cacs stand to make the most money off it being successful

Oh, yeah you are definitely an Eagles fan.
Big time development projects have several investors and backers. As the article details about this location. Not exactly a reveal. Nor are the details about what type of inventory that supermarket stocks. Which is also detailed in the article.

Shaq and Queen Latifah have LONG money, and even the development projects they are involved in for Newark, NJ have other investors and backers. It's not a trick or using Black faces. It's the way development works.

The man in the story leveraged his work experience with this company, and most of his resources to have a stake in a business and help to develop the community that he has ties to.

Skepticism is healthy, but over the top cynicism is different.

Furthermore he’s just wrong. Grocery outlet stores are franchises. That man owns that franchise. Grocery outlet handles inventory and supply chain, and takes a % of sales as the franchise fee. He’s not “the black face” of the business…he’s the owner.

If the store he is talking about is below luxury apartments, that actually has nothing to do with the grocery outlet company or the franchisee.

 

[Serious]

This is still just 1 page?

Coli isn’t black

 

[get these nets]

I hope so too. Wendell Pierce, Bunk from The Wire, opened a store in New Orleans called Sterling Farms to brings fresh food to the hood.

They shoplifted and robbed the store blind and it was closed in 13 months.

fukked up story. I didn't know he was from there until I saw him speaking in When The Levees Broke.

Lowlife MFers ruin things for everybody.

 

[Vandelay]

The head of the the city development division said in the video that the riots in the 60s closed down whatever grocer was there. And no company wanted to go in and rebuild. City I grew up in had similar story.

Philly is exceptionally bad for this, there's some neighborhoods that for awhile didn't have a big box grocery store for miles.

 

[get these nets]

Philly is exceptionally bad for this, there's some neighborhoods that for awhile didn't have a big box grocery store for miles.

Sad stuff.
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[desjardins]

Oh, yeah you are definitely an Eagles fan.
Big time development projects have several investors and backers. As the article details about this location. Not exactly a reveal. Nor are the details about what type of inventory that supermarket stocks. Which is also detailed in the article.

Shaq and Queen Latifah have LONG money, and even the development projects they are involved in for Newark, NJ have other investors and backers. It's not a trick or using Black faces. It's the way development works.

The man in the story leveraged his work experience with this company, and most of his resources to have a stake in a business and help to develop the community that he has ties to.

Skepticism is healthy, but over the top cynicism is different.

Didn't read the article as I'm already familiar with this market so apologies if I didn't reveal anything new to you

Again, my point wasn't about black people going into business with white partners. Cool that's business. I'm highlighting something that's becoming more common which is businesses/projects that are initially owned/run/built by white people that bring a black person in and then markets it as black owned.
That's disingenuous to me and some what misleading. When you add on that doing so might benefit the cac by way of receiving certain grants and approvals that are allocated specifically for black entrepreneurs then it gets even more side eye from me. If that's perfectly fine to you and you support black people being leveraged in that way then so be it

 

[desjardins]

Grocery outlet stores are franchises.

If the store he is talking about is below luxury apartments, that actually has nothing to do with the grocery outlet company or the franchisee.

a black person can be the "face" of a franchise as they are typically purchased and run under some form of incorporation whether that be a LLC or S-corp, etc. Again, you are taking things at face value when I'm telling you it's not that simple

 

[get these nets]

Didn't read the article as I'm already familiar with this market so apologies if I didn't reveal anything new to you

Again, my point wasn't about black people going into business with white partners. Cool that's business. I'm highlighting something that's becoming more common which is businesses/projects that are initially owned/run/built by white people that bring a black person in and then markets it as black owned.
That's disingenuous to me and some what misleading. When you add on that doing so might benefit the cac by way of receiving certain grants and approvals that are allocated specifically for black entrepreneurs then it gets even more side eye from me. If that's perfectly fine to you and you support black people being leveraged in that way then so be it

Respect your opinion and you voicing it. Here is where we disagree.

Your posts talk about fears/perceptions of what whites might do. No mention is made of what Donta can or will do. As if he isn't an active participant in this story.
I don't think that lowly of him,,or the Black person connected to the other location.
I don't think that he is being used. I think he's leveraging his position and the current social climate in a way that benefits him, his family, and community. City seems to be making a legitimate effort to have Black Philadelphians be active players in the development of the city. Not for window dressing, but to benefit the overall community by having them in decision making positions in the future.

Once there, they have visibility and leverage to do other things and groom/mentor other Black entrepreneurs. That city has old Black families and institutions , and several colleges. The potential capital and entrepreneurs are right there.
Not quite your scenario of Black people sitting around powerless, waiting on the whims of white people.