I’m a specialist

Training for the people grocers already trust.

Move through the cascade, from RGI's Level 1 course to Advanced Specialist and a standing Community of Practice.

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I’m a grocer

Be the store that can't be replaced.

See how your pricing and labor are really performing, and join a community of independent grocers working the same problems.

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Our mission

Reversing the erosion of rural food access.

Rural independent grocery stores are closing at a rate that will leave a generation of towns without a place to buy food. Rural Transition Academy trains the people who can change that: the specialists who walk alongside grocers, and the grocers themselves.

The approach

Short-term roots. Long-term future.

01

Stabilize the root structure

Resilience is built in the everyday decisions: pricing, product assortment, and where the labor goes. A store that offers what no one else can becomes irreplaceable.

02

Build the pathway forward

A successful transition is not a document written at the end. We bake the recipe for one into the daily mindset of operating a strong store.

03

Scale through local connection

How many leaders does it take? A lot, and local connections make the strongest networks.

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