SF Corner Stores That Would Survive a “Bodega” Extinction

A start-up called Bodega recently caused mayhem on Twitter and in the media for trying to put corner stores out of business. The solution? A five-foot-wide pantry box filled with nonperishable items that you can unlock with an app on your phone. The company has made San Francisco its testing lab and already installed a few of these boxes in various locations. For those of you who don’t know, the word “bodega” is a term frequently used on the East Coast to refer to what San Franciscans typically call corner stores.