Black Owned Grocery Store in Compton, CA
Check out The Grocery Outlet at 2175 W. Rosecrans Ave, Compton, CA 90220 owned by 36 years old Kia Patterson. Experience and tenacity pay off for this African American woman. With the help of her family, she is making history in Compton, CA.
Experience Pays Off Big
The 36-year-old black female gained business knowledge and experience while working for the grocery chain, Smart & Final. Her years of experience is what made her attractive to the Grocery Outlet chain. Grocery Outlet recruited her to help with their plans to expand the chain by adding 100 stores in Los Angeles and the surrounding area.
The L.A. Sentinel reports that Patterson began training with the company in June 2016, and after gathering her investments and setting up a business plan she took ownership of the store on April 1, 2017.
Grocery Outlet is a San Francisco-based company
Grocery Outlet is a San Francisco-based company with more than 250 locations in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and Pennsylvania. According to the company’s website, each store is independently owned and operated by local individuals like Patterson, who make the day to day decisions of the business.
For those of you out there that are wanting to support Black Owned businesses, I’ll see you in the checkout line. She is doing great in her first few months but we need to ensure that she is profitable so that she is one of many. We don’t want her to become a memory.
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