Donny Rouse (left), CEO of Rouses Market, opened the independent retailer’s new store in Marrero, La., on Oct. 16. Opening-day festivities included storewide samplings of local products and Rouses' own private label items.
“My grandfather, Anthony J. Rouse Sr., our founder, was born in Marrero,” said Donny. The family’s roots in the area go even deeper. “My great-grandfather, J.P. Rouse, worked on a truck farm in Marrero raising potatoes and cabbages after emigrating to America from Sardinia.”