Lesley Hall spends plenty of time in grocery stores.
Browsing the cereal aisle, picking through fresh produce, doling out coupons at the cash register and packing her black Honda Pilot full of paper and plastic – she’s literally a professional shopper.
With her new business, Chattanooga Grocery Girl, Hall takes the grocery lists of Chattanooga residents and does their shopping for them.
“It’s a service; a lot of people just don’t have time to do it, nor do they want to,” said Hall. “I know how hard it is to get to the grocery store or do any shopping at all when you have a full-time job … or kids, and I’ve got the time to do it.”
After Hall lost her previous job in September, she knew it was the perfect time to implement the idea for Chattanooga Grocery Girl, a business plan she said she’s had in her head for the past 15 years.