{"id":1862,"date":"2012-05-29T13:50:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T13:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodfoodjobs.com\/blog\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2012-05-29T13:50:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T13:50:03","slug":"alphonzo-cross-the-boxcar-grocer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodfoodjobs.com\/blog\/alphonzo-cross-the-boxcar-grocer\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphonzo Cross \/ The Boxcar Grocer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodfoodjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-Shot-2012-05-29-at-8.21.26-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1902\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-05-29 at 8.21.26 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodfoodjobs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Screen-Shot-2012-05-29-at-8.21.26-AM-e1338294157285.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>It won&#8217;t surprise you that our favorite form of retail therapy is grocery shopping. When we travel, we love to find the local food market in a strange new town. Perusing the unique products on its shelves is like a treasure hunt, one that makes us reluctant to go back home. Alphonzo and Allison, the siblings behind the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxcargrocer.com\/\">Boxcar Grocer<\/a> in Atlantic, Georgia, are just the type of folks we&#8217;d hope to run into while meandering the aisles. Their vision for a new kind of corner store is one that we look forward to seeing more of, all across the country.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><strong><em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n<p><\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span><strong><em><!--more-->When did you know that you wanted to work in food?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>If 5 years ago you had told my sister or  me that we would be running a healthy grocery store in Atlanta, I would  have laughed. \u00a0At no point in our picky-eating lives have we ever  thought of ourselves as &#8220;foodies&#8221; or especially healthy eaters, but we  did grow up with home-cooked meals every night and a good nutritional  foundation established by our parents. \u00a0The &#8220;aha&#8221; moment really just  came about when Castleberry Hill and the surrounding neighborhoods lost  the local Publix and there was no place close-by for residents to  purchase healthy or fresh foods. \u00a0Once this happened we realized that  there was a clear and apparent need for a store like ours that we  believed would resonate with local residents. \u00a0It turns out we were  right.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><em><strong>How did you get your current good food job? <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It took us 2 years to open The Boxcar Grocer. \u00a0Through local bank  financing (thanks to State Bank), lots of hard work around research  &amp; idea development (thanks to my sister, Alison), and a tremendous  amount of tenacity we were able to finally open and realize the  beginning of our dream.<\/span><span><em> <\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span><em> <\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>How did your previous work or life experience prepare you for a good food job?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alison has a degree in architecture  and a very natural eye for design, while I have a background in film  and clothing retail. \u00a0All of our experiences, both personal &amp;  professional, have lent themselves to us creating\/designing a physical  space we are proud of and providing our customers &amp; clients with an  unparalleled shopping experience that gives us a foothold in the urban  grocery store niche.<\/span><span><em> <\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span><em><strong>What was the greatest obstacle you had to overcome in pursuing your  Good Food Job dream? <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We began our process in the Summer of 2009, just after the market had  crashed and the entire world was in a panic. \u00a0Banks were a mess,  investors were scared, and the general public was feeling helpless and  hopeless. \u00a0Once the business plan was completed by the Fall we started  pursuing financing in the Winter and then into the following year and  nothing could have been more difficult. \u00a0Avenues for financing a  start-up business that were normally open to entrepreneurs like  ourselves were gone and we were constantly told that we didn&#8217;t know what  we were doing so there was no way we could have been successful. \u00a0We  were also frequently told that people of color and people who live in  dense urban neighborhoods wouldn&#8217;t support or shop with a local\/small  healthy grocery store. \u00a0We were confronted with so many walls and  barriers that there were times when we thought about giving up, but what  kept us going was (a) each other, as my sister and I have always had a  strong relationship and we had been wanting to work on something  innovative together for many years (b) we knew we were on to something.  \u00a0We truly believed that this was an amazing idea that appealed to people  on many levels that far exceeded any initial conversations about money.  \u00a0We knew that we could make good food fun, innovative, available, and  hip, while at the same time bringing attention to local farmers and  wonderful vendors and turning a profit.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><em><strong>What can you identify as the greatest opportunities in food right now?<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The number one opportunity in food right now is the retail side of  food distribution. \u00a0We are not physically able to solve every city&#8217;s  shortage of access to fresh and healthy food, so there need to be more  retail outlets like The Boxcar Grocer in more cities across the US. \u00a0We  definitely plan on growing and are very-near ready to work with cities  in the US to bring The Boxcar Grocer to their neighborhoods with needs.  \u00a0We are not exclusively about poverty stricken neighborhoods or only  being in specific racial neighborhoods, but we are about being in urban  neighborhoods where proper healthy food is a scarcity and people are  forced to travel many miles to grocery shop. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The second largest opportunity is the urban  farming side of food. \u00a0More cities need to work with people like <a title=\"Truly Living Well\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trulylivingwell.com\/about_us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Truly  Living Well&#8217;s Rashid Nuri<\/a> and <a title=\"Will Allen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.growingpower.org\/about_us.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Growing Power&#8217;s Will Allen<\/a> who can take  urban farming into the 21st Century in such a way that urban planning,  local government agencies, and residents can work together to further  food growth and distribution. \u00a0If people don&#8217;t grow food, we can&#8217;t sell  it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>If you could be compensated for your work with something other than money, what would it be?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A young woman came into the store  one afternoon and was looking for a local beverage we carry called  <a title=\"Chuice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Chuice\" target=\"_blank\">Chuice<\/a>. \u00a0Chuice is a great drink designed and provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/tasteofearth.net\/wp\/?page_id=5\" target=\"_blank\">Ladell Hill<\/a>.  \u00a0It&#8217;s a blend of fruits, vegetables, herbs, seeds, &amp; nuts and is a  great source of nutrients and energy. \u00a0Anyways, this young woman had  never had it before and I gave her tons of information about it and was  very patient with her as she worked through such a unique item. \u00a030  minutes later she left the store with a small bottle and I told her to  come back and let me know what she thought. \u00a0A week or two went by and  she came back and couldn&#8217;t say enough great things about the product and  how wonderful she felt after drinking it&#8230;I work for smiles and Thank  You&#8217;s.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It won&#8217;t surprise you that our favorite form of retail therapy is grocery shopping. 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