They are the places local communities are increasingly turning to for their weekly shop, but now many corner stores say the dominance of major supermarket chains is making it difficult for them to serve their customers. Key points: A national survey found shoppers are turning to smaller shops for items they'd usually only buy in supermarkets Some small store owners …
When you ask food people about where they like to shop there are so often one of two answers: a variation on the farmers market and/or a tiny specialty place that has some fabulous small-batch artisanally milled flour from the guy Chad Robertson uses, or some variation of that. — Jenn Harris Multiple locations at traderjoes.com Ralphs Albertsons was my …