# Momentum is the word of the week! | Tàstès Markets, Inc.

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- Published at: 2021-10-26 04:56:55 UTC
- Updated at: 2025-07-09 03:21:04 UTC

## Author
Cheryl Cunningham

## Subject
Tàstès Markets, Inc.

## Content
This has been a truly exciting week. Tastes has achieved major milestones and is beginning to gain noticeable momentum in press, interest from consumers, and potential investors. Here is what's happened in the last week!We executed the lease for 3208 South Congress, Austin TX 78704, giving our flagship store 5000sqft of retail space at a prestigious address with high visibility. Our standalone building with 33 parking spaces and a sizeable basement sits across St. Edwards University serving 4,600 students. Up and down Congress are multi-million dollar homes with high income households and only one existing grocery store within 2.5 mile radius.Tastes shelf spaces are now 50% pre-sold.Our Landlord and Interior Designers are officially Shareholders with their in-kind investments now beginning to vest.We won the pitch competition as runner-ups and have been gifted $25K from RevTech Ventures. The judging panel included Abe Minkara, former Managing Director of Mark Cuban companies, David Matthews, Founder of Revtech Ventures and more.Over the last week, crowdfunding investors have piled in and in just a week, our $18K fund has surpassed $60K on Wefunder!We have now crossed over 1500 customer sign ups for our grand opening and continue receiving them at a rate of 10-20 per day.Shelf lease agreements are now being drawn up for Vendors and they will begin receiving them starting next week!Our PR, Marketing, and Social Media Campaign is underway! Read the article that lit a fire under our crowdfunding campaign this week: https://austin.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/10-22-21-tastes-grocery-store-south-congress-automated-democratized-model/#slide=0Our Architect and Designers have begun the design phase.Tastes first pop-up market will take place on November 3rd as part of the “Unity for Community” event in which we are Co-hosts and Organizers, in collaboration with some of the community’s most widely reputable organizations such as SKU, Naturally Austin, Launchpoint Culinary Services.Thank you for taking the time to read our updates! We are excited to have begun picking up momentum and look forward to giving you great news in the next couple of weeks!