Saying goodbye to an icon

Locally owned and open since World War II, Salt Lake's Emigration Market has announced that it will close its doors for good on April 3rd.

JT Martin, whose family has owned the grocery store for more than a decade, cited the recession, combined with increased competition from chain grocery stores, as the reason for the decline in sales in recent years. The harder he tried to improve the business, he said, the worse things seemed to become.

Emigration Market was an iconic Salt Lake business. Having grown up in the Sugarhouse area, my family shopped there consistently, and it is surreal to see it go. Offering customer perks such as monthly tabs, Emigration was reminiscent of an older and more personal style of business.

As Bob Dylan said, times they are a-changin'.

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