In recent years, leading public health authorities have recommended improving the retail food environment to make healthier foods more accessible among underserved populations.1-4 Small food stores can contribute to community efforts to promote healthy eating behaviors by providing healthy food options in typically underserved areas.2,5-7 Previous findings from small store interventions have suggested that collaborating with storeowners is important for successful implementation and sustainability of the intervention,8-10 and building relationships with storeowners is a key element in establishing a collaboration.