The woman behind the new Forty Acres Fresh Market in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood
WBEZ News · WBEZ Chicago
September 26, 20257m 1s
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Show Notes
A Black woman-owned grocery store will celebrate its opening this weekend in Austin, on Chicago’s West Side. It’s been years in the making. The force behind Forty Acres Fresh Market is Elizabeth Abunaw, a former corporate saleswoman who – in her own words – has no filter. WBEZ’s Esther Yoon-Ji Kang has the story of the last several months of Abunaw’s years-long quest to open the store. HOST: LARA