ST. LOUIS • A grocery that’s been in the works for years just south of downtown is set to open soon and bring a new twist to the traditional grocery model.
The St. Louis Food Hub at 1500 Lafayette Avenue, which includes both a full-service grocery called Fields Foods and a food distribution and processing center under the same roof, has set an opening date of Jan. 4. Construction began in January on the food hub, which will employ 100 full- and part-time workers.
Backers of the $15 million project, Chris Goodson and Jeffrey Randol, say they’re scouting other sites both in the region and other states to replicate the concept.
“We’re looking for sites here and elsewhere,” said Randol, a partner at Cornerstone Ventures, a Philadelphia-based consulting firm that advises on the development of such stores in “food deserts” — areas that lack places to buy affordable, fresh foods.
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