12/22/2024
Brad and Kimberly Paisley opened a free grocery store in 2020 to combat food insecurity in Nashville.
The Store allows people to shop for basic needs at no cost. Nonprofit and government agencies refer individuals and families for a one-year term.
The current location serves over 1,000 people annually. Now, the couple is expanding their efforts and is opening a second location of The Store. The new site will be at TriStar Centennial Medical Center. The Paisleys have donated the first $1 million towards the $5 million needed for construction.
"This isn't a food pantry where we hand out boxes of other people's leftovers,” The Store CEO Collen Mayer commented. “Instead, it's designed like a regular grocery store with shopping carts and volunteers as staff.”