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Neighborhood DevelopmentFrom FoodsystemsWest Oakland Neighborhood Development PlanThe proposed People’s Grocery store has few real competitors within a one-mile radius, and that same area is home to a significant existing population, and several large proposed residential developments. These populations represent a good client base for the new store. The flagship store will be part of a network of smaller stores, teaching gardens, minifarms, and food processing centers, all of which will be described in more detail below. If all the growers in the nearby agricultural community had to maintain individual distribution and sales relationships with all the large and small stores in West Oakland, the resulting web of relationships would be complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Introducing People’s Grocery as a cooperative buying club will simplify life for the managers of small stores and small farms, and result in lower prices for the community, and better profit margins for growers.
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