Tops Market Partners With Instacart For Shopping After Shooting
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Tops Friendly Markets, Mayor Brown and the Buffalo F.A.T.H.E.R.S. are partnering with Instacart to meet East Side residents where they are.
Friday marked one week since a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, reopened after a mass shooting there two months ago. The response from the community, so far, has been a mix of emotions. One East Side resident told 7 News going into the store makes them "a little nervous." Another said they "love the feeling when I walk in there." The parking lot was full Friday afternoon, but community leaders said there are many others who still aren't ready to shop inside.
"We have members in our own team, in our own organization are yet still hesitant about going to the store," said Leonard Lane, president of the Buffalo F.A.T.H.E.R.S. "So it is a slow process for everyone. We're not sure when they might decide to go in."
"Being right in this parking lot is a start," said LeCandice Durham, a program volunteer.
