Will the Supermarket Spell Doom for South Asian Convenience Stores?
If other immigrant groups are any indication, supermarkets' embrace of different cuisines could mean trouble for small South Asian grocers.
Anumita Kaur
Anumita Kaur is an intern at Pacific Standard, a sociology student at the University of California Santa Barbara, and an avocado enthusiast.
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