City-Run Kansas City Grocery Store Closes Despite Millions in Taxpayer Funding | National Review

A city-run grocery store in Kansas City that was propped up by more than $18 million taxpayer dollars has closed. -  Haley Strack 

Sun Fresh Market opened in 2018 in the city-owned Linwood Shopping Center...

• But after months of bare shelves, severe crime problems that Kansas City has spent additional money to curb, and what one reporter described as a “rancid odor” connected to improper drain maintenance, Sun Fresh has shut its doors.

“Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, we are no longer, at this time, able to serve the residents of this important community,” a sign on the front door of Sun Fresh said...