King’s Supermarket is a new, immigrant-owned, full service supermarket located in the Glenside neighborhood of Reading. The store is set to open February 2023, taking over a vacant building where a grocery store, Super Saver Market, had previously operated. The space has been vacant for over 1 year, which left residents in this community without convenient access to fresh food. The store will provide fresh and culturally relevant produce and other grocery items to the predominantly Latino community, and it will be the only large grocery store within a two mile radius.
King’s Supermarket received a grant from the PA FFFI in the amount of $100,000 to purchase equipment for the new store. The store will employ 20 people from the local community, and, according to the owner, “Everyone is really excited. The people around here have never had something like this. This is completely something that they deserve.”
Owner: Misael Marmolejos
Community: Reading
County: Berks County
Region: Southcentral
Geographical context: Urban
Date Funded: August 2022