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Business & Economy
7:37 am
Thu March 21, 2013

Downtown Greensboro Welcomes First Grocery Market In 40 Years

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A shopper examines produces at Deep Roots.
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  • A grocery store opened in Downtown Greensboro this week. The city last had a market downtown in the 1970s.

Residents in Greensboro haven’t been able to shop downtown for fresh produce, seafood and prepared meals in decades. The city had two A&P Grocery stores in the early 1970s, but since they left no other markets have filled the void. That changed this week when Deep Roots Market relocated to North Eugene St.

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Business & Economy
1:10 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Southeast Raleigh Residents Worry About Grocery Options

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Two Kroger food stores are set to close next month in southeast Raleigh, leaving some residents worried about where they will buy groceries. The company plans to shut down locations on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and New Bern Ave. next month. Kroger tells the property owner it's not making money at those stores. But the federal government already considers the area a food desert, meaning residents have limited access to fresh food. City Council member Eugene Weeks represents southeast Raleigh.

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