If local buy-in to Moran’s Marmaton Market doesn’t pick up, the store will likely close within the next 30-60 days, predicts manager Marilyn Logan. “If just half the people in town would come in and spend $20 to $30 a week, that would make the difference in us being able to stay open,” she said Thursday. In business since 2018, the cooperative grocery store has failed to gain local traction. “There’s tremendous support from the surrounding areas. From Moran, not so much,” Logan said. “The owners of the diner in Kincaid and the Mildred Store are regular customers,” Logan said. “In fact, our most faithful clientele are those from Colony, Stark, Elsmore, Bronson and Uniontown.” Even so, it’s local customers who drop in multiple times a week that make or break a grocery store. That lack of repeat business is what is hurting the market, said Brenda Boyle, chairman of the Marmaton Market board of directors.
Source: The Iola Register
