Group plans to bring grocery store to Dayton

A plan to bring a full-service grocery store to Dayton has been launched.

UPDATE:More than 1,100 Daytonians shared their thoughts on the recent grocery store co-op survey and the results were...

Posted by Greater Dayton Union Co-op Initiative on Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Lela Klein of Greater Dayton Union Co-Op Initiative said more details about the plan will be unveiled next week.

The group is relaunching its website. 

The Greater Dayton Union Cooperative Initiative polled residents between late March and mid-June about their feelings on a cooperative grocery store.

A letter to supporters reads: 

 Based on your feedback, we are preparing to launch a community share campaign to bring a full-service grocery store to the city of Dayton! Community members will own shares of the store, giving all of us a concrete voice in major decisions about everything from strategy direction, to selection at our store.

Currently we are working on the initial details of the store, the campaign, and how the community can get involved and help make this happen.

About 1,100 people — most from northwest Dayton — completed print and online surveys.

Seven in 10 respondents said they were likely or very likely to make a worker-owned, full-service grocery store on lower Salem Avenue their primary choice for grocery shopping, Richard Stock, director of the Business Research Group at the University of Dayton, said in August.

>> MORE: Initiative is underway to develop a cooperative grocery store

We'll have more on this story as it develops.

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