Absent Days Fell 43 Percent at a Conyers School After Goodr Opened a Free Grocery Store
C.J. Hicks Elementary School in Conyers opened a free on-campus grocery store in fall 2025 with Atlanta-based Goodr and Kaiser Permanente. Since then, total absent days have fallen 43%, from 1,286 to 733, according to school records reported by FOX 5 Atlanta and Black Enterprise. Eighty families take groceries home each week. Goodr was founded by Jasmine Crowe-Houston.
Why It Matters for Atlanta Professionals
Goodr is one of Atlanta's best-known Black-founded companies, and these numbers give employers, funders and school partners a concrete result to point to when they weigh community investments.
Source
First reported by FOX 5 Atlanta: Black Enterprise report
Photo: Goodr founder Jasmine Crowe-Houston in 2017. TEDxPeachtree / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Stay Connected
Want Atlanta news like this before everyone else? Join the Connect Atlanta Discord, where Atlanta professionals swap event plans, deals and opportunities every day: join free here, or go Premium for $20 a month for VIP channels and curated networking. See what BNG is hosting next on our events page.
More From BNG
Beyonce's BeyGOOD Foundation Gives a $50,000 Grant to Youth Nonprofit In a Perfect World
Todd Weaver Went From Earning $4 an Hour to Leading a Construction Enterprise Nearing $1 Billion
BNG Partners
Sponsored: Rep the network: shop BNG hoodies, tees and mugs
Behind on your taxes? Madison's Accounting & Tax Services can review your situation: get a back-tax review
Business owners: book a tax appointment with MATS
Become a healthcare recruiter and get paid per placement with Metro Staffing Partners
Private pay home care in metro Atlanta from Metro Care Partners. Call (404) 803-5273
Join 6,400+ Atlanta professionals in the Connect Atlanta Discord, free
