If you are heading to lunch and you need something to eat, why don’t you stop at Liberty’s first ever DECA store.

Now that Liberty has seniors, the sponsor of DECA, Mr. Barnes, along with the students in the club were able to open up a store for the whole school to enjoy just right outside of the cafeteria.

Now, all high schools in the Wentzville School District have a DECA store.

“I knew we would have a DECA store as soon as we had seniors,” Mr. Barnes said.

The store offers a variety of different items all costing $1, except for slushies, which cost $2. Some of the things they sell include candy, gum, chips, fruit snacks and much more.

The money raised in the store goes towards the DECA club.

In order for kids to go to state and internationals, it costs a lot of money. Mr. Barnes wants to make it as easy as possible for as many kids to go to these competitions as possible.

“I just want the store to do well enough for students don’t have to spend as much money for competitions,” Barnes said.

All of the kids that are in DECA help out with the store, with the supervision of Mr. Barnes.

“I love the DECA store and I hope that in the future we get more of a variety of stuff. I also want to buy stuff so that we can decorate the store,” Gabie Kocsis, the president of DECA said.

Even though the store has only been open for a couple weeks, the store has already been very successful.

By the end of this year, If everyone continues to come to the store, we will see more and more kids be able to compete.