The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/anabels/)
From a small pop-up in William Straight Hall to a student-led store that combines teaching with hands-on experience, The Sun explores the trajectory of Anabel’s Grocery on campus.
Since closing last March due to the pandemic, Anabel’s Grocery is back with an expanded inventory and outreach agenda
When University leadership developed Cornell’s reopening plan, they committed to the safety and health of the student body and Cornell employees. Largely, as it relates to COVID-19, we applaud their commitment. Unfortunately, Cornell’s dedicated attention to pandemic-related safety ignores many structural issues on campus that threaten the health and wellbeing of both undergraduate and graduate students. Access to fresh, nutritious and affordable food is one of the most glaring examples, and it is worsening because of COVID-19.
Unfortunately, this phenomenon does not surprise the team at Anabel’s Grocery. Food security was already a concern at Cornell and campuses across the nation before the pandemic.
Anabel’s Grocery — a student-run market founded to address food insecurity on Cornell’s campus — is set to reopen this fall after having spent the past semester trying to “reflect and reassess” the business’ operations.
Anabel’s Grocery, first opened in May 2017, will be closing its doors temporarily to attempt to address issues dealing with the store’s longevity.
Bread N Butter, a food pantry founded and run by a graduate student, has been tackling the issue of food insecurity since September by providing free cooked meals to the campus community.
After running the shop for a year and collecting feedback from customers, the leadership team hopes to improve operations and increase the store’s impact on campus.
After months of delays leading up to its opening, in its first semester, the store has begun to see real results for its customers, Devon Rosen ’19, programming team member, told The Sun.
The proposed $20,000 spending is aimed to benefit graduate and undergraduate students without meal plans.
I was excited when Anabel’s first opened its doors last semester, and I’m excited for its return now.