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Benefits of Shopping at Your Local Small Grocery Store NinoJeffersonLim.com
Why shop local?
Big chain grocery stores are more popular because their bigger marketing budgets help them to be more visible in most communities. However, when you pass by a locally owned grocery store, you’re giving up the benefits that make those stores unique. Here are a few features that you’ll only find in local, smaller grocery stores.
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Become an EcoFriendly Shopper Help the planet while shopping. We’re just starting to realize just how much we do to harm our environment. In terms of getting our food, that means buying produce that has been shipped hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles to get to a big chain grocery store. Conversely, local grocery stores can’t afford to pay those high shipping costs, so they order most of their food from local farms and wholesalers in your own community. That reduces the reliance on ships, trains, and trucks, producing harmful gasses to operate.
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Benefit Your Local Economy Supports multiple small businesses. A big chain grocery store may employ people from your city, but that’s where they stop benefiting your community. The supplies, products, and equipment they order all come from nationwide distributors, and, in many cases, their corporate headquarters determines which wholesalers they can use. A local grocery store will use other local businesses to stock their stores with equipment, supplies, and products. This means all of the money you spend at that store will go right back into your community.
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Buy Unique Products Find products you can't get anywhere else. When you shop at a locally owned grocery store, you’ll find products that you can’t get at a big chain grocery store. For example, a local grocery store’s deli will sell dishes made by their employees, including unique recipes. From chicken wings to banana pudding, you’re sure to find something special every time you shop at a local grocery store.
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Support Local Creatives Find meaningful items. A grocery store that’s locally owned will offer plenty of unique creations to attract more consumers. That makes this the best place to find fresh floral arrangements, new paintings from local artists, or CDs that feature songs from area musicians.
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About Nino Jefferson Lim Nino Jefferson Lim is an experienced business professional and Founder of Island Pacific Market. This small supermarket chain spans the state of California. His goal is to provide the best products and services to the Filipino community.
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