Bi-Rite Is Opening a Nonprofit Grocery Store in Sunnydale — And It's Actually a Great Idea
Here's something you don't see every day in San Francisco: a private business solving a real problem without asking taxpayers to foot the bill.
By The Desk · May 18, 2026
Bi-Rite, the beloved SF grocery institution, is launching Sunnydale Market — a nonprofit grocery store in the Sunnydale neighborhood, one of the city's most underserved communities when it comes to fresh food access. The plan is to open by 2027 and sell groceries at wholesale prices.
Let that sink in. No seven-figure consulting contracts. No multi-year feasibility studies from a city agency. No "equity task force" that meets quarterly and produces nothing. Just a grocery store, in a neighborhood that needs one, selling food at prices people can actually afford.