Former Greensboro City Council member and Citizens for Economic & Environmental Justice activist Goldie Wells offers up strategy to get a grocery store in East Greensboro:

After 14 years of begging for a grocery store to locate in east Greensboro at different sites like Phillips Avenue, Wells said it might be time to consider a one-day boycott of grocery chains. Wells’ suggestion was met with resounding support from the 50 people in attendance.

“If we shut down with our dollars, there would be some action,” Wells said.

If you follow that logic, then members of the Friendly Coalition should flock to Winston-Salem so Trader Joe’s will stay out of their neighborhood.