Marquitrice Mangham never imagined that she’d open a grocery store in her hometown of Webb, Mississippi. She left in the 1990s after high school. But in 2016, she inherited her family’s farm, splitting her time between the majority-Black town of fewer than 500 people in the rural Delta and her current home in Atlanta. Webb […] The post Dollar Stores Force Local Grocery Stores to Close. This Woman Opened One Anyway. appeared first on Capital B News.
One Mississippi native has brought locally-sourced produce, deli meats, and more to communities in the Mississippi Delta by opening her own grocery store. The 5,000-square-foot store called Farmacy Marketplace is located in one of the largest food deserts in the nation, as the majority of residents are forced to travel over 30.
Marquitrice Mangham, owner of Farmacy Marketplace in Webb, Mississippi, opened a store on Main Street for citizens to have access to fresh meat and produce.