While the behemoth brands are struggling, indie grocery stores are finding a devoted audience. Customers, especially younger ones, want stores that offer what some industry analysts have come to
call “food experiences,” with craft beer on tap, meals to go and vegetable butchers, according to the Times. They tend to shop only when they cook, visiting more than one store
to collect ingredients, rather than making a weekly trip to stock the pantry.
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