Nourishing Our Community with Dignity and Love

Every Visit. Every Volunteer Hour. Every Selfless Gift.
Your support fuels a ripple effect—offering choice, hope, and healthy food to neighbors across Middle Tennessee. Join us in building a community where no one goes without.

Our Impact Together

At The Store, our mission goes beyond providing free groceries; it’s about instilling hope, fostering dignity, and nourishing our community with love and healthy food. Founded by Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, we’ve created a haven where individuals and families can find support and respect along with nutritious meals.

Key Yearly Impact Metrics

Households Served

1,000

Empowering over 400 households each year with the freedom of choice and the warmth of community.

Meals Provided

150,000

Providing more than 150,000 wholesome and healthy meals to tables across Middle Tennessee each year.

Volunteer Hours

15,000

Fueled by the passion and dedication of over a thousand volunteers, contribute over 15,000 volunteer hours each year.

Key Outcomes

Choose fresh produce

98%

of regular shoppers choose fresh produce when they shop

Select Foods not at Food Pantries

100%

of regular shoppers select food and non-food items that wouldn’t be available at a traditional food bank, such as refrigerated goods, frozen goods, household items, and fresh fruits and vegetables.

Choose Unique or Specialty Foods

82%

of regular shoppers choose items at the store that meet unique cultural or dietary preferences.

Voices of Our Customers

Improving Health

“My health and heart numbers have greatly improved since I have been able to get fresh vegetables that I otherwise could not afford.”

Lifting up Dignity

“It’s so empowering to have a choice in what we put on the table.”

Building Community

“I have so enjoyed seeing and talking to everyone when I shop here. It helps out a whole lot!”

Practicing Hospitality

“It has been a blessing each time I come here, and I’m treated with kindness by each volunteer. “

Stories of Impact

Lottie's Story

Stricken with severe Covid, and on a very limited diet, the Store met Lottie’s food needs and helped support her recovery. She says, “I was able to get the produce I needed to keep me healthy.”

Stephanie M.'s Story

In the midst of caring for a dying parent, Stephanie M. soon found her own pantry was empty. The Store stepped in with the fresh food she needed. “To say (the Store) changed my and my daughter’s life is an understatement,” Stephanie says.

Stephanie B 's Story

Stephanie B. was caring for multiple grandkids at home, and the Store helped her stretch her monthly income to feed her family with healthy food. ”When you come in (to The Store), you get treated with dignity; you are greeted with a smile,” said Stephanie.

News From The Store

Stay Up-To-Date on all things happening at The Store

January 22, 2026

“It Was Hope”: Ms. Kim’s Story Reminds Us What This Expansion Is Really About

At the ribbon cutting for The Store’s second location, it wasn’t a CEO or a founder who delivered the most powerful message—it was Ms. Kim, a grandmother, customer, and volunteer whose story left the crowd cheering and in tears. In this blog post, we reflect on her honest, moving testimony about the emotional weight of food insecurity and the relief she found in dignity, choice, and community. Her words grounded the moment and reminded us: this expansion isn’t just about square footage—it’s about doing more, sooner, for families who deserve more than survival. They deserve support wrapped in compassion—and a future filled with hope.

January 19, 2026

How We Opened Our Second Location in Just 48 Hours

What began as a tight deadline and a few unforeseen hurdles became one of the most inspiring moments in The Store’s journey. In this blog post, our CEO reflects on the whirlwind 48 hours leading up to the ribbon cutting of our second location—with support from city leaders, volunteers, contractors, and community champions who made the impossible happen. From an empty space in a parking garage to a fully stocked grocery store serving neighbors with dignity and choice, this is the story of what happens when a community refuses to wait to meet a need. The ribbon may be cut, but the work is just beginning.

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