Best of Africa's Food Store has moved out of 208 W. Griggs St. in Urbana but is not closing its doors. It opened a new Champaign location at 1807 W. Bradley Ave., Suite E on May 24 and is working to open another shop at 202 E. University Ave. in Urbana — with even bigger plans.
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Memoire Budimbu, co-owner of Best of Africa’s Food Store, shows items not sold at other stores in the area, including a grenadine juice, left, and a Ghana Yam used for multiple purposes in Africa.
- Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
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Best of Africa’s Food Store new Champaign location at 1807 W. Bradley Ave., Suite E on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
- Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
Fresh veggies for sale at Best of Africa at the new location in Champaign on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
- Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
Salted fish for sale at Best of Africa at the new location in Champaign on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
- Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
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Memoire Budimbu, co-owner of Best of Africa’s Food Store, shows items not sold at other stores in the area, including a grenadine juice, left, and a Ghana Yam used for multiple purposes in Africa.
- Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
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Best of Africa’s Food Store new Champaign location at 1807 W. Bradley Ave., Suite E on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
- Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
Fresh veggies for sale at Best of Africa at the new location in Champaign on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
- Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette
Salted fish for sale at Best of Africa at the new location in Champaign on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
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