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Two Decades In The Making, Food Co-op Opens On Providence’s West Side

After almost two decades of planning, a community-owned grocery store is opening this week on Cranston Street, on Providence’s west side. “Our neighborhood does not have a full service grocery store,” said Eliza Dexter Cohen, a member who lives nearby. “And rising inequality makes it very difficult for people to afford the groceries they need […]

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Stop & Shop Workers Strike In Three New England States

Workers clustered together at the two entrances to the Stop & Shop store in East Hartford, holding signs in the air and chanting, “Better contract, better lives. Better contract, better lives!”The store’s employees were among unionized workers at Stop & Shop stores across Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island who walked off the job Thursday, after […]

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Community Owned Grocery Store In Providence Sets Opening Date

A community-owned grocery store is just weeks away from opening on Providence’s west side.

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