When you shop at Marketplace you are part of a new system focused on creating a sustainable way for our community to access healthy foods while still maintaining dignity through exchange. 

We realize that healthy foods like fruits and vegetables are an essential part of creating a healthy life. We also understand that systemic barriers, family dynamics, job situations, and so much more contribute to your ability to purchase healthy foods, but we believe that no circumstances should prevent the ability to provide nourishment for you or your family. 

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Produce and other healthy options often cost more in grocery stores because of the labor costs required to seed, plant, and harvest, unlike highly processed items that can be manufactured more easily. Even still as market prices increase, the need to purchase nutritious foods still is a foundational aspect of creating a healthy life. 

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Our pricing tiers create a market where you pay what best fits your family budget. The tiers are based on North Carolina’s poverty guidelines and living wage standards and are updated annually in response to market conditions. 

 

  When you come to shop the market, take a look at our Pricing Tiers, choose which one best suits you, and whenever you are ready to check out, tell the cashier which pricing tier you prefer! 

 

So where do YOU fit in?

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Green Tier = Less than Wholesale Prices

• Experiences food or nutritional                  insecurity

• Receives public assistance 

• Falls below the poverty guideline

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Yellow Tier = Wholesale Prices 

• Helps us to break even and cover our costs

• Some income but not making a living wage

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Blue Tier = Retail Prices

• Creates sustainability and allows for program growth

• Making equal to or above a living wage

• Desires to give back to the community

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