The pols, naturally, wanted ShopRite. They considered the existing Save A Lot and dubiously named Renaissance Plaza on Atlantic Avenue a lost cause. Nonetheless, perhaps by default, it is now Renaissance Plaza that the pols and money controllers are looking toward to solve the problem of the lack of a big-name, full-service supermarket in Atlantic City, a city of 38,500 people and a 32% poverty rate. But is it enough?
The pols, naturally, wanted ShopRite. They considered the existing Save A Lot and dubiously named Renaissance Plaza on Atlantic Avenue a lost cause. Nonetheless, perhaps by default, it is now Renaissance Plaza that the pols and money controllers are looking toward to solve the problem of the lack of a big-name, full-service supermarket in Atlantic City, a city of 38,500 people and a 32% poverty rate. But is it enough?
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