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It has been decades since Bessie Gaul could walk from her apartment near Bowdoin-Geneva and get fresh food in a high-quality store. But last Saturday morning, she went shopping with a smile as the long-awaited Dorchester Food Coop (DFC) opened its doors on the ground floor of a new building at 195 Bowdoin St. “I’ve been waiting for this for 54 years,” said Gaul, who was with
DORCHESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Dorchester Food Co-op, a new grocery store that provides healthy and sustainable foods, hosted a ribbon cutting on Saturday to announces<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/dorchester-food-co-op-bostons-only-member-owned-grocery-store-celebrates-grand-opening/">Read More</a>
For the past 11 years, the Dorchester community has patiently awaited the opening of a neighborhood food cooperative. This summer, the wait will be over, according to John Santos, the general manager of the Dorchester Food Co-Op at 195 Bowdoin Street, soon to be operating as Boston’s only community and worker-owned grocery store. The facility’s goal is to challenge the
In essence, Dorchester Food Co-op will have the feel of a conventional grocery store. But there’s one major caveat that will make it unique in the Boston market: Its owners are city residents and its workers.
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