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Black neighborhood sees grocery co-op cut bills
In Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion Co-op grew from 18 members with $100 to a weekly $2,500 business, reducing 200 families' food costs by 15 percent. Curtis Jones, 21, temple sophomore, runs the store. initiation $1, shares $10, a $4,000 church loan, and a rebuilt former neighborhood grocer.
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