New grocery store to provide healthier options for the community
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – One community will soon have access to healthier food options.
World Food Marketplace will be opening right off Broad River Road near St. Andrews Road offering multi-cultural groceries in bulk to an area that’s been identified as a food desert.
The new store will also bring around 60 new jobs.
“That’s huge for this area because we don’t have that presence,” said Javar Juarez, the executive director of the Broad River Business Alliance.
The store will also have a full butcher kitchen with fully prepared meals.
“This is about health, if you go to a local