Despite Slow Growth From 2005 to 2015, Independent Grocery Stores Remain Important for Rural Communities

Clare Cho

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. February 2018, issue 01

Abstract: In 2015, rural counties not adjacent to an urban county had an average of 2.1 independent grocery stores—whose owners operate fewer than four stores—compared with 1.9 chain grocery stores.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302495

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