It's a far cry from the small-town family grocery store where Shaheen worked during high school.

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At Suruki Supermarket, a family-owned grocery store in San Mateo, Calif.

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Occupied by a mix of local retailers like a family-owned grocery store as well as national chains like Chipotle, the mostly red brick low-rise district has a relatively lively bar and nightclub scene.

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The business takes off when one investor's wife starts giving away free samples at her family's Oakland grocery store to cultivate customer loyalty.

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That day in 2006, I found myself at a grocery store because my family had run out of food.

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Former store managers speak guiltily of stiffing employees out of overtime pay, busting up attempts to unionize, and pushing poor families onto public assistance, and a Missouri family that had built up a grocery store through three generations describes how the store went bust soon after Wal-Mart opened one of its gigantic facilities in their town.

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Shortly, you will be able to open an app and have your car come pick you up wherever you are or go pick up a family member when you can't or go to the grocery store for you, the post-office, etc, etc.

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