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Originally Posted by masraum
We live in a rural location. The biggest town within 15 miles of us has a pop of <4000. The next biggest is 20 miles away at pop 4500. We've got a couple of pop 20k towns within 55 miles, and Houston and Austin are both 80 miles. We can get pretty much anything you can imagine unless it's just not available regionally, out of Houston, but it's also going to involve 3-5 hours of driving including in city traffic which is usually not worth it for most things.
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I've seen a lot of nice properties like that, and wonder how they manage the gas budget.
Sounds like a great place for a general store, with a food 'buyers club' or 'co-op' inside.
Dairy, meat, veggies supplied by locals and fresh. Local hangout Saturday morning.
Aunt May down the way might find people really like her pies.
Everything else boxed, frozen, or canned.
The food sign-up for locals includes limited liability and arbitration. No funny business to sink the ship.
Pricing IDK. That has to be penciled first. Maybe 10-20% over store. Or find bulk shippers for common items without spoilage.