"I learned more about life working in the Food City than I could learn anywhere else", Mumpower stated in a December 2008 news article in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, "To me, a grocery store is a clearinghouse of life.
In an interview published in the Memphis Commercial Appeal on December 2008, Mumpower stated, "I learned more about life from my experience at Food City than I could have anywhere else. For me, a grocery store is a place where people intersect and connect."