FOOD & DRINK
Goodr grocery store opening in Smithfield food desert offers free or reduced cost items
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A nonprofit organization working to tackle food insecurity. It’s the first location of its kind here in the state and will open this weekend. The Daniel Payne Legacy Goodr Grocery Store will give shoppers access to fresh food in an area where there’s no grocery store within two miles. Shoppers will also have access to those items free or at a reduced charge.
Birmingham battles food deserts with free grocery initiative in Forestdale
A new free and low-cost grocery store has opened in Birmingham, aimed at tackling food insecurity in an area known as a 'food-desert.'. Located in Forestdale's Daniel-Payne Community Plaza, the store is the first of its kind for the city of Birmingham. "I read about it last night on my...
Redefining the common barbershop
Raul Chavez is reimagining the barbershop. The 29-year-old Hoover High School graduate recently debuted Barber Bar by Fade Parlor in Inverness Village, with the aim of updating the barbershop experience for the modern age. The Barber Bar by Fade Parlor experience is, first and foremost, a bar — sort of....
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