CINCINNATI — Empty grocery shelves at The Country Meat Co. Marketplace in Avondale have residents worried about their main source for groceries.

The marketplace opened in February as Avondale's first grocery store in decades , bringing hope to what had been a food desert. However, what started as a solution has turned into a struggle to keep shelves consistently filled.

"Our mission is to continue to bring them fresh produce and great quality products, and because we are a family-owned small business, we are impacted a lot differently," said co-owner Chanel Bryant.

Bryant says things have been up and down since they opened, with several factors contributing to the supply challenges.

"So, it's factors of the tariffs, we're a small company, and we don't fit in everybody's delivery sche

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