Fellows mentioned in this story: Claire Sullivan

From Aloha State Daily:

Online marketplace Farm Link is known for being a premier source of local products, meat and dairy. The business is popular for connecting local farmers and food producers directly to O‘ahu residents.

The business just opened its first-ever grocery store and deli, Hōʻiliʻili Market. The store will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The market is located in the space of ‘ili ‘ili Cash & Carry, which is temporarily closed (its chef, Aker Briceno, is undergoing cancer treatment).

The new market is designed to bring Hawaiʻi’s food system together under one roof, and will feature products from local farmers, ranchers, bakers and brewers.

Prior to this in-person market, customers could only access Farm Link’s selection of locally sourced produce, meats and prepared foods by ordering online for pickup and delivery across O‘ahu.

“We’ve been operating online only for many years, which has been wonderful because I think this selection of products being available across Oʻahu has been very important,” says Claire Sullivan, CEO of Farm Link. “For those of us who really want to touch and feel a product for ourselves — there’s this incredible bounty of local products in one place that we get to be inspired by.

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