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Grocery operations, Business plan, Partnerships

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Why focus on rural food retail? Rural grocery stores provide economic development, food access, and are important community hubs. Kansas State University’s Rural Grocery Initiative’s goals are to identify challenges facing rural grocery stores, develop responses to those challenges, identify and detail sustainable business models of grocer operation, and build virtual and face-to-face information networks for rural grocers.

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Jan 1st, 12:00 AM

Closing Keynote: Kansas State University’s “Rural Grocery Initiative”

Why focus on rural food retail? Rural grocery stores provide economic development, food access, and are important community hubs. Kansas State University’s Rural Grocery Initiative’s goals are to identify challenges facing rural grocery stores, develop responses to those challenges, identify and detail sustainable business models of grocer operation, and build virtual and face-to-face information networks for rural grocers.