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A Black-run, full-scale grocery store has finally opened to serve Detroit’s North End. Detroit People’s Food Co-Op opened their doors for the first time on May 1 after years of preparation. With the goal of providing quality grocery options to a predominantly Black city, Co-Op is a special novelty as anyone can be an owner by becoming a member. As of the opening, the location had over 2,740 members. Facilitated by the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network (DBCFSN), shelves at the 15,000-square-foot supermarket are stocked with fresh and local products including produce from four Black-owned farms and herbs, spices, condiments, meat, and dairy products. There are also vegan options, baked goods, canned and packaged items, snacks, drinks and health and wellness items. While members must be at least 21 years old with lifetime memberships costing $200, shoppers can also indulge in food samples, a deli, and a coffee bar. President of the co-op’s board of directors, Lanay Gilbert-Williams, boasted about the store’s opening, being completely different from major grocery retailers like Kroger. “This is not something you’re invited to. It’s literally yours,” Gilbert-Williams said. “There is no rich person in the shadows. People can’t imagine such a heaven where all types of people have come together to do a thing and take ownership of a thing. It belongs to the entire community.” The Motor City has been improving on access to sustainable food for a few years. According to a 2022 report from the Detroit Food Policy Council, emergency food resources started to boom in 2022 when popular food pantries were forced to close and new sites opened to meet the increasing demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Black-owned grocery stores have been scarce for close to 10 years as almost 70% of residents are labeled as “food insecure,” lacking reliable access to food. Now things have changed. Shoppers took to Twitter to post videos of the gorgeous establishment on its opening day including one woman whose product was seen on the shelves. https://twitter.com/Cande313/status/1785718537161453647 Actor and author Hill Harper, who is running for U.S. Senate for the state of Michigan, also stopped by to talk to potential voters and celebrate the co-op’s success. “When you invest, good things happen. Invest in communities,” Harper said. “There hasn't been real fresh produce anywhere around here for years. Investment works. Investing in people works.” https://twitter.com/hillharper/status/1785868446678315162 As the project was listed in the Detroit Free Press as one of ten new developments that people should get excited about in 2024, DBCFSN executive director Malik Yakini said opening day feels good but there is so much more to do. “It feels great to finally be open, but we’re at the finish line and at the starting line also,” he said. “Now, we have to run a successful grocery store, and so we’re appealing to our community to shop on a regular basis. It’s good to have opening-day excitement, but we need that excitement translated into regular sales for the store to be sustainable.” The official grand opening celebration with “speakers, live bands, children’s activities, workshops” will be held on May 18.
