BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Mrs. Green’s natural and organic grocery store opened at the end of August at Hudson and Bank Sts., with a pledge to provide “clean, healthy food.”
But neighbors of Mrs. Green’s have been seeing red over the store’s garbage.
First, the store was putting its trash out on the curb on Bethune St., but it was a mess and residents complained. The store then rented a long Ryder truck to store its garbage, leaving the vehicle parked out in front of the place 24 hours a day.
“Because they used a maximum amount of floor space on two floors for their grocery items, Mrs. Green’s didn’t leave enough space for their garbage,” charged Tony Hoffmann, a leading member of the Village Independent Democrats political club.
However, a Mrs. Green’s spokesperson said a Health Department inspector came by the store Monday and gave it “a clean bill of health.”
“The truck will be gone this week as we develop a new process that will allow us to keep the garbage in the store,” the spokesperson said, adding he couldn’t say exactly what that process would be.
“We don’t have any issue with the garbage now,” he said.
He assured that the store was built with adequate space to store its own garbage.
“This is not the first time we’ve opened a store,” he said.
The truck will be gone by Thursday, he said.
