I’ve heard the Co-op called an anchor store for downtown – what does that mean?
At a mall or retail shopping area, the anchor stores are the big retail stores that serve as magnets to draw customers to the area to shop at the smaller stores nearby. For the downtown Moscow shopping area, the Moscow Food Co-op is the anchor store. And that is not just my opinion. According to the Latah Economic Development Council’s recent shopper survey, “All year long, the number one reason people come to downtown Moscow is to shop at the Moscow Food Co-op.” With our move to the larger location, we will be fulfilling that role even more effectively, and thus helping bring more vitality to downtown Moscow.
