I’ll be speaking at the SF Greenfestival on a panel entitled “Transforming Urban Roadblocks to Health and Prosperity”. The panel will be held on Saturday November 10 from 1-2pm. My co-presenters will be Pam Pam Gaddies of San Francisco Peacemakers and Sudeep Rao of Literacy for Environmental Justice. Below is a description of the panel. […]

The common food shopping experience nowadays entails going to a gigantic supermarket with a sprawling parking lot that offers an overwhelming array of products in dozens of categories that reach far beyond just food. On the one hand, these supermarkets are convenient because they offer a virtual one-stop-shop solution for anything you might need. But, […]

Understanding how West Oakland consumers shop has led us to better understand that the appropriate size for a grocery store in an urban area is smaller than what is common to supermarkets in suburban areas.
Our experience in West Oakland has taught us that many people spend smaller amounts per purchase than average purchase sizes in […]

It has always been our dream to open a unique grocery store in West Oakland. This dream was where the name People’s Grocery came from. Early on, when we realized we weren’t ready for such a large project, we decided to create a nonprofit that could offer services and programs to the community and, by […]

Bruce Springsteen, the rock star, also known as “the Boss”, features a community nonprofit as a beneficiary for each of his concerts. The nonprofit is given concert tickets to auction off, has a table at the concert and collects donations from fans. Bruce also makes a short pitch for the organization on stage.
Bruce is […]