FOREST PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Customers turned out Saturday to help save a Black-owned suburban grocery store that said it's at risk of closing and appealed for help from the community .

The owners of Living Fresh Market in Forest Park say business is not what is used to be, and closing would have ripple effects far beyond the store walls.

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The community showed up and showed out in their effort to keep the local grocery store in the neighborhood.

For the first time in a long time, Living Fresh Market was packed.

"It's a valuable store, and I think people... should know about it," shopper Lalita Pittman said.

Saturday morning, shoppers answered the call to help the grocery store stay open and filled the aisles.

"We opened up the

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