So when it came time to name a business, Fong had her name: Five Markets. “And we added the ‘s’ to market to make it plural,” explained Fong’s wife and co-owner, Martha Ruiz de la Peña. Ruiz de la Peña and Fong met two decades ago at a video store in the city where Fong worked and Ruiz de la Peña, a connoisseur of foreign films, dropped in and stayed to discuss the films she had watched. For instance, they sell coffee from Ubuntu, a small coffee roasting company located in Emeryville. “Please tell London Breed to keep telling people to support the local business,” Ruiz de la Peña said.

Source: The Local April 20, 2021 15:01 UTC