Bruce MacDonald<p>Well done folo on the closing of the downtown grocery in Minnesota's capital city. Feat. chihuahua Peligroso.</p><p>"City leaders said they are determined to get a grocer inside the space on the corner of Robert and East 10th streets. No contenders have been named to date, but [city council president Rebecca] Noecker said the city is not limiting the field: it will consider co-ops, local stores or national chains.</p><p>"Lunds &amp; Byerlys said it will partner with the city and landlord to keep store equipment and infrastructure in place for a future grocery store.</p><p>"The new grocer will be looking at a different St. Paul than the one Lunds faced its opening year in 2014. The downtown population back then was 5,000, according to the Downtown Alliance. Today, it’s nearly 10,000 residents."<br><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/26/downtown-st-paul-lunds-byerlys-closes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mprnews.org/story/2025/03/26/d</span><span class="invisible">owntown-st-paul-lunds-byerlys-closes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/grocery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grocery</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DowntownLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DowntownLiving</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a></p>