• Store Credit Provided: $360,000

• Average Credit per month: $200

• Average Customers per month: 50

  This data is an approximation from 2011 to 2022.

Skid Row is a working class neighborhood and the median income is far below the city median at around $7,000 per year. When resources run low towards the end of the month, people rely on personal networks for basic needs like food. The market has provided approximately $360,000 in store credit up this day (February 2022). This is part of what it means to be a local neighborhood corner market.

“Bibi” Sandra Martinez (@piritees) states, “Bodegas [corner markets] are much more than a store, it’s a quintessential part of city living. It’s a place to seek shelter when you feel unsafe walking home alone, its a place where my parents would receive store credit when money was short. Its a place that holds your mail, so you don’t miss a package, and its a place where so many immigrants are able to start a new life as entrepreneurs. Over all, it is an extended family, where everyone knows your name and order.”