Michael Redditt, left, talks to friends at his new store, Pop Redditt’s Grocery, on Oak Ridge Road on Saturday. Redditt fixed up the store, which has been vacant for the past two years, and hopes to have it operational in about three weeks. Redditt held a fish fry Saturday for community members to get a look at the store and to tell him what they would like him to stock. (Bryant Hawkins)