Gulfport

Corner Store and Bayfront

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By Cameron Healy Gulfport

Corner Store

It’s almost here! Beach Boulevard South finally has a convenience store opening soon. Gulfport Corner Store officially opens on July 1.

The Gulfport Corner Store provides snacks, drinks, frozen treats, hygiene products, and a “Brown Bag Lunch Special” with sandwiches from Spiro’s. Owner Eddie McClure said this “Brown Bag Lunch Special” offers a specialty sandwich, chips of their choice, and a soda or water all for a set amount.

“Its really just a place that you can get a cold drink and satisfy your sweet tooth or a salty snack,” McClure said. “Pop in, grab you something, and pop out.”

For now, the store provides namebrand products you can get almost anywhere. However, McClure said he hopes to sell products from local vendors that customers may see at markets in the area.

“I will be carrying tobacco products and some local beer, and maybe some wine, but not anything major,” McClure said.

The Gulfport Corner Store occupies the previous location for Gulfport Realty. The two businesses plan to dis-