
“A customer came to me and said, ‘Bless you. We haven’t felt like human beings here for years and now we do. “One moment stands out more than any other.,” Cook says. Months after the Piggly Wiggly’s opening, Cook is still amazed by the uplifting effect the bright, clean store has had on a community that felt largely forgotten. That’s the reason I was led to the HOPE team. In business, we have to turn a profit, but being able to do work we enjoy while helping others is what’s truly satisfying.” Our deli department features premium Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, a large variety of homemade salads and prepared foods, fresh rotisserie chickens and a wide selection of gourmet cheeses. “I chose to go through HOPE because it was always a bigger picture situation for me,” Cook says. “HOPE aligns itself to help people. I have been hugged, prayed over, thanked, and cried on as residents rejoice in their new local supermarket. I cannot express to you how moved and humbled I have been.”Ĭook chose HOPE as his financial partner specifically due to HOPE’s commitment to eliminating food deserts.

“We have had a tremendous impact on people’s lives in Gloster and Amite County. “HOPE played a part in something bigger than opening a grocery store,” Cook wrote in a letter to HOPE. HOPE provided the financing that allowed Jason Cook, the store’s owner/operator, to open Piggly Wiggly’s doors and put Gloster’s residents on a path to better nutrition and improved health. That changed in 2018, when dozens of excited residents helped cut the ribbon on a new Piggly Wiggly grocery store. If the cashier can't or won't address the issue, ask to talk to the store manager, or go the service desk and call the MS WIC office.For more than a decade, residents in the tiny town of Gloster, Mississippi, (population 960) had to drive more than 45 minutes to get to a grocery store offering fresh fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods. If the cashier has a negative attitude, first stay calm and ask questions to learn more about the cashier's concerns. At checkout, separate your WIC foods from the rest of your grocery items in your cart to make it easier for the cashier to identify WIC foods. 4WATERTOWN Ken Schwarz remembered his mother was not happy when Piggly Wiggly increased the price of a loaf of bread from a dime to 11 cents while he was growing up in Tennessee during. If you have an alternate shopper setup, make sure your proxies sign the WIC ID before they get to the store. To reduce the hassles at the register, make sure to bring your Mississippi WIC ID to the store when you shop.
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