food desert Archives - Marketplace

Race and Economy

Neighborhoods where stores were destroyed become food deserts overnight

by Marielle Segarra

Jun 4, 2020

Grocery stores. Bodegas. Pharmacies. Check-cashing spots. All gone.

A burned Walgreens in Minneapolis on May 30.

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

Research says collaboration is needed to address Houston's "food deserts"

by Travis Bubenik

May 1, 2019

In some cases, groups trying to solve the problem are competing for funding.

A small organic farm in the middle of Houston’s concrete sprawl.

Travis Bubenik for Marketplace

LISTEN

EMBED

Communities are creating their own solutions to food deserts

by Grant Blankenship

May 21, 2018

Kroger say it’s closing about 40 stores nationwide. Many are in neighborhoods the U.S. Department of Agriculture already calls food deserts. That’s a place where food is hard to get, either because it’s too far away or it’s not affordable. Kroger says the closed stores weren’t making money. As communities that used to depend on […]

LISTEN

EMBED

When grocery stores close, this legal phrase can prevent new ones from opening

by Peter Balonon-Rosen

Jan 12, 2018

When grocery stores close, critics say restrictive covenants — clauses in grocery store leases that says a landlord can't rent the space to another grocer — can lead to food deserts.

Restrictive covenants are clauses in a grocery store's lease that says a landlord can't rent the space to another grocer.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

The unexpected challenges of living in a food desert

by Paulina Velasco

Jan 5, 2018

A Food Empowerment Project study found that a lot of people are time poor as well as cash poor.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

What happens when a town loses its only grocery store?

by Marielle Segarra

Dec 6, 2017

You may think of food deserts as an urban phenomenon. But they exist in rural towns too.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

Whole Foods opens a store in Chicago 'food desert'

by Marketplace Contributor

Sep 28, 2016

But how will residents in a place with 21 percent unemployment afford to shop here?

Fresh fruit is displayed at a Whole Foods store in Chicago, Illinois. The city is opening another Whole Foods store today in the neighborhood of Englewood.

Scott Olson/Getty Images

LISTEN

EMBED

For public good, not for profit.

Donate

Food and Drink

Critics accuse Ralphs of creating 'food apartheid'

by Noel King

Jun 20, 2013

Critics say Ralphs fobs off lower-quality products on low-income neighborhoods, but Ralphs says it varies what's on sale based on what customers buy.

LISTEN

EMBED

Grocery stores squeezed by new competition

by Sally Herships

Oct 1, 2012

For the past 30 years Thompson shopped at her local grocery, a Keyfood that sat just a couple of blocks away. It was an easy walk -- but in June the Keyfood closed.

LISTEN

EMBED

Food deserts: Just a mirage?

by Adriene Hill

Apr 20, 2012

The New York Times' Gina Kolata reported this week on a series of recent studies debunking the idea that all impoverished areas are "food deserts."

Loading...

Food desert

Neighborhoods where stores were destroyed become food deserts overnight

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

Research says collaboration is needed to address Houston's "food deserts"

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

Communities are creating their own solutions to food deserts

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

When grocery stores close, this legal phrase can prevent new ones from opening

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

The unexpected challenges of living in a food desert

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

What happens when a town loses its only grocery store?

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

Whole Foods opens a store in Chicago 'food desert'

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

For public good, not for profit.

Critics accuse Ralphs of creating 'food apartheid'

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

Grocery stores squeezed by new competition

HTML EMBED:

Subscribe Using:

Food deserts: Just a mirage?

Subscribe Using:

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

For public good, not for profit.

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

HTML EMBED:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

Share Now on:

Subscribe Using:

Subscribe to Marketplace Newsletters: