Country star Brad Paisley breaks ground on free grocery store in Nashville

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Thursday, April 4, 2019
Country star Brad Paisley breaks ground on free grocery store
Country singer Brad Paisley is opening a non-profit grocery store in Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Country singer Brad Paisley and wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, are partnering with Belmont University to open a non-profit grocery store in Nashville.

It's going to be called The Store and will serve less fortunate people in the Nashville area.

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Customers, who are referred there by nonprofit and government agencies, can shop for food and other necessities for free for one year.

The goal is to serve roughly 3,000 people per year.

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Costumers at a coffee shop in The Woodlands got quite a surprise.

The Paisley family says they got the idea from volunteering with their kids at a similar store in California.