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Bodega Leaders Push Back Against Quick Grocery Delivery ‘Dark Stores’

Some are also calling on the city and the community to help them further develop their own delivery platform, My Bodega Online.

Bodega Leaders Push Back Against Quick Grocery Delivery ‘Dark Stores’
Tasha Sandoval. Bodegas, derived from the Spanish word for “storeroom” or “warehouse,” are classic New York City convenience stores.

Bodega Leaders Push Back Against Quick Grocery Delivery ‘Dark Stores’

Some are also calling on the city and the community to help them further develop their own delivery platform, My Bodega Online.

Bodega Leaders Push Back Against Quick Grocery Delivery ‘Dark Stores’

Jack Greenberg contributed to this reporting.


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Since Francisco Marte took on his first bodega gig at only 18 years old, he has been a committed “bodeguero.” With over 30 years in the business, he is the proud owner of four bodegas in the Bronx and the founder of the Bodega and Small Business Association. In light of what he sees as “unfair competition” from ultrafast grocery delivery companies, he is taking a stand to defend the bodega industry.

The Bodega and Small Business Association and the United Bodegas of America are calling on the city to take action against “dark stores,” the mini warehouses full of food that…

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