The Works’ mobile grocery hits the streets in North Memphis
The Works president Roshun Austin speaks at a ribbon cutting for its Mobile Food Grocery. The nonprofit organized with Rick James, president of Castle Retail Group, to stock their mobile grocery. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Customers purchase groceries from the Mobile Food Grocery. The goal for The Works is to aid Memphians who live in food deserts. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
A local nonprofit’s mobile grocery store launched its first service on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the Klondike neighborhood of North Memphis.
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North Memphis Klondike Klondike-Smokey City food desert food distributionJoshua Carlucci
Originally from California, Joshua Carlucci is a former high school teacher and chef. He is also an MFA candidate in the Creative Writing program at the University of Memphis.
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