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

July 16, 2025

Food is vanishing. Waitlists are growing. And hope? It’s harder to find—unless you know where to look.

Across Nashville and beyond, nonprofits are facing unprecedented strain: steep SNAP cuts, overwhelmed food banks, and more families in need than ever before. At The Store, we hear it every day—the calls, the waiting, the heartbreak. But even now, hope is showing up.

July 9, 2025

Hunger is rising. But so is our resolve.

In just one year, food insecurity in our region has surged—450,000 Tennesseans are now struggling to eat. And with recent cuts to SNAP benefits, the crisis is only deepening. At The Store, we’re feeling the impact. Our shelves are stretched. Our waitlist just passed 2,000 households. And yet—we’re not giving up.

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