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Cornerstone Baptist Church is launching a grocery store to address food insecurity in South Dallas Church officials found an unlikely inspiration for an urban market: Royal Blue Grocery. Cornerstone Church Pastor Chris Simmons (right) is opening a small non-profit grocery mart in a South Dallas neighborhood. Donald Wesson Jr. (left), Cornerstone’s program director, says he knows that’s going to be difficult in this neighborhood. That’s why he looked for a different model for the market.(N...

WACO — David Daniels checks the peppers and tomatoes for bruises. The produce manager knows his customers won’t buy them if they don’t look perfect. But, that’s OK. He takes the few he finds, cuts them up and puts them in small individual containers in the refrigerated section to sell. “I’ll make fruit cups or vegetable cups,” says Daniels, 73. “Mine is $1.25, HEB is $4.50. These won’t be here tomorrow. They sell so fast.” There’s no waste at Jubilee Market. The one-of-a-k...