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Shoppers fill their carts at Buche Foods.
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Independent grocers like Buche Foods are facing unprecedented challenges in the face of competition, industry consolidation and thinning margins. Here, shoppers scan the offerings at Buche Foods, the only supermarket on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, in May.
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Juanita Scherich says she likes to shop at Buche Foods because the store staff has “really bonded, it’s like a family.
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Dollar stores have “really taken hold” in rural communities,” says Rial Carver of the Rural Grocery Initiative at Kansas State University, and many independents view them as a bigger threat than a megaretailer like Walmart.
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Independent grocers like Buche Foods often support their community, sponsoring sports teams and hosting cookie drives and fundraisers.
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Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out, right, says RF Buche and Buche Foods are responsive to the community’s needs. “We have barriers in every direction we look, and food is only one of them,” he said.
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The 20,000-square-foot location at Pine Ridge is one of seven stores for the Buche Foods chain.
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Buche Foods is the only full-service supermarket in Pine Ridge. Residents here don’t have easy access to national chains; the closest Walmart is 55 miles away, in Nebraska.