According to a study by the city of San Francisco, one large chain store selling food in a central location would kill 321 small grocers & up to 1,284 jobs.

That made me wonder how the huge same day delivery centers Amazon is building around big metros in the US (including one the Bay Area) will impact the small merchants in those cities.

“Same-day delivery could be a big blow to our retailers down the street,” agrees an interviewee in SF Gate.

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