PG’s 2013 Compelling Quote Countdown: #3

“The excitement here on opening day was almost like a city that just got a baseball or football franchise. You know, you’re a city without a professional sports team, you’re second-class. You’re a city with a professional sports team, you are part of the A-team. And a supermarket for a community like this serves that purpose.”

Bill Clark, Philabundance president and executive director, on the opening of nonprofit grocery retailer Fare & Square in Chester, Pa. -- the first supermarket to open in the underserved area since 2001. – PG Nov. 2013