July 16, 2025
Erion Malasi, Director of Illinois Policy and Advocacy at the Economic Security Project, during the opening of a municipal grocery store in Venice, Ill. Photo by Economic Security Project.
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Organization Works To Help Communities Create Municipal Grocery Stores
With grocery prices continuing to increase and food assistance programs services being cut, an Illinois organization is looking at the benefits municipal grocery stores could bring to communities in the South Suburbs, as well as throughout the state of Illinois.