Lower East Side Food Co-op Still Surviving

By KATY MANTYK
Epoch Times Staff

New York—It’s a small place with big ambitions. The 4th Street Food Co-op in Manhattan’s lower east side is still hanging in there six months after the city’s biggest Whole Foods supermarket moved into the neighborhood.

When Whole Foods first opened in the East Village, there was much concern that the co-op would lose members and customers, but after weathering the last six months and still going strong, they trust their loyal and long time supporters even more.

“We can’t compete with Whole Foods, but we have customers who faithfully shop here,” said Geoff Silverman, an old member visiting the store to do a spot of shopping and socializing.

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