Luna’s Groceries owner launches fundraiser to keep South Madison store open

Mariam Nuñez hopes community support can help replace broken refrigeration, attract customers and cover rent as some misfortunes have hit her Luna’s Groceries on Park Street in the heart of Madison’s South Side. Nuñez is giving herself 30 days to raise the money needed to keep Luna’s Groceries open in South Madison. The store owner has launched a $60,000 GoFundMe campaign to help address mounting financial pressures, including failing refrigeration equipment, high electricity bills and a lack of customers. The two freezers that went down were really devastating and expensive, Nuñez tells Madison365. And the lack of customers we have coming in right now is not helping our mission. With her original Luna s Groceries in the Allied-Dunn’s Marsh neighborhood and the new Luna s on Park Street, Nuñez s mission is to make culturally familiar groceries accessible to neighborhood residents and create a place where people can connect. Although about 300 people showed up for the grand opening