Homegrown superheroes: Meet the US Robin Hoods battling inflation


By AGENCY
  • Living
  • Saturday, 29 Oct 2022

At The Grocery Spot, shopping operates in a "pay-what-you-can" honesty system. Photo: AFP

There is no such thing as a free lunch, economists chide, but one alternative store in the southern US city of Atlanta is offering the next best thing to those struggling with spiralling prices.

Locals load up on plantains, frozen meat and other ingredients free of charge at The Grocery Spot, a small, neon-lit outlet in the Georgia state capital.

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