i know we have many, many people here in the audience joining as well for the honoree shonta. you're welcome to join her at the podium. she's retiring after more than three decades of working with the other avenues community. [applause] >>> i want to welcome her to our chamber, her husband richard, her son and all of the workers and supporters who have joined her here today to accept this honor. having grown up in the sunset district, it's really clear to me that other avenues is not just a store. it's a community that has stood the test of time and one that has a timeless motto, healthy business, healthy people, healthy planet. other avenues was established in 1974 by food conspiracy, a grass roots organization of food buying clubs dedicated to distributing wholesale food to tit -- its members. over the years, these clubs expanded and collectively called themselves the people's food system, opening more than a dozen food cooperatives like other avenues and living by the motto, "food for people, not for profit." we are so fortunate that even though by the 1990's, most of these