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As one family struggles to open a Chinatown grocery, neighborhood food scarcity persists
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Jessica Wang stands outside Gu Grocery, the storefront she’s struggling to open in Chinatown.
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)If all goes according to plan, Gu Grocery will help close a deepening food scarcity gap in Chinatown.
Like Yue Wa, Gu Grocery will operate as a small corner store rather than a full-service grocery.
Two years into its five-year lease, Gu Grocery is struggling to open.
Jessica Wang and her parents Peggy and Willie Wang greet Chinatown residents outside of their storefront Gu Grocery.