The Community Grocer

With only a few short months until our launch, make sure to join us for FREE menu samples before the summer ends 💚

- 6/12/26 at 3pm at 59th & Catharine for Summer Salad Samples with
- 6/25/26 and 7/10/2026 at 59th & Catharine at Denise’s Pantry
- 07/17/26 for a Community BBQ outside of The Community Grocer

Join us in community on our collective journey to make eating well easier for all!

This is what intentional food system partnership looks like.

When we learned that our friends and suppliers lost one of their hoop houses last winter, we jumped into action.

We deployed philanthropic capital from to rebuild the hoop house; ensuring a consistent supply of regenerative, organic, local produce for The Community Grocer through the winter months.

FMC didn’t stop there. They joined the TCG and Farmer Jawn teams on the farm to build the hoop house together, and have since funded educational farm trips so our neighbors can meet the farmer, the land, and the people behind the food on our shelves.

And Farmer Jawn didn’t stop there either. As the hoop house came back online, they made a commitment to supply TCG with produce free of charge until the full value of the investment is paid back in food.

Capital in. Produce out. Community fed. This is what it looks like to build with intention, with care, and with community 💚

🛒 Big news from our team.

Our Co-Founder & President Eli Moraru will be presenting at the Grocery Retail for All Summit in Chicago this June, sharing a stage with some of the most important leaders in grocery retail, food policy, and community finance in the country.

The conversation he’ll be part of is one we live every day: how do you actually finance community grocery retail? What does real innovation look like when the market has already written your neighborhood off?

We’re building TCG in West Philadelphia right now with construction underway and doors opening soon. We believe the answer exists. But it’s hard. The tools weren’t built for what we’re trying to do, and the communities that need it most are the ones the traditional system leaves behind.
That’s exactly why rooms like this matter. And we’re honored to be in one.

See you in Chicago. 🌿