With many still working from home, blind vendors struggle to keep snack shops open
With many still working from home, blind vendors struggle to keep snack shops open By Jim Mendoza | December 21, 2020 at 4:37 PM HST - Updated December 21 at 4:43 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Chris Akamine runs the snack stand at the Queen Lilliuokalani Building. In his fourth floor eatery he sells baked goods, hot food and grab-and-go treats.
He’s 61 and legally blind.
“I can only see things on the sides,” he said.
Akamine has been a blind vendor for 30 years. Chris’s Snack Shop is his small business, the source of income for he and wife.