WKRC/ December 3, 2021(WKRC), December
Meiser’s Fresh Grocery & Deli in Lower Price Hill is now open for business again with new owners. The new grocery store will provide more families access to fresh, healthy food — a need many take for granted.
It was a humbling moment of gratitude Thursday morning, which marked the grand opening of the store.
“After Meiser’s Parkview Market closed in 2017, it left folks in Lower Price Hill without a neighborhood grocery store market,” Rachel Hastings, executive director of Price Hill Will, said.
It’s been about four years since neighbors have had walkable access to a grocery store. For Lower Price Hill residents like Melissa Baker, this new store means everything.
The public store will bring community employment, fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, deli meats and cheeses, cooking items and grab-and-go snacks, as well as space for processing bulk and rescue foods.
“Since 2017, our insightful and dedicated Lower Price Hill neighbors have led the design and implementation of a simple, right-sized solution to the complex problems that stem from food insecurity through their new model for Meiser’s,” Reba Hennessey, president of Your Store of the Queen City, said. “An underlying goal of their model is food sovereignty and networking food systems for the neighborhood, not relying on single-food sources alone for sustaining access to fresh, dignified food choices.”
Lower Price Hill vendors will sell inside the grocery and an adjacent space called Outerspace that will be run by The Collective, a neighborhood group of artist-activists and micro-entrepreneurs who also helped design Meiser’s grocery finishes.