stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery store to address 'food deserts' after giants like Walmart and Whole Foods shutter storesfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square308fedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1623arrow-down1external-link'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery store to address 'food deserts' after giants like Walmart and Whole Foods shutter storesfinance.yahoo.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square308fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·1 year ago There are less than 6500 food deserts in the country. If you can’t walk to nearest store within 15 minutes, you live in food desert. Using PT counts as walking.
minus-squareNuPNuA@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down13·1 year agoDo supermarkets not do home deliveries in the US for people who can’t get to the shop? The UK has had those for years.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoThey do, but only for their area and there’s a fee. If the closest actual supermarket with fresh food is a 30 minute drive, they’re probably not delivering tho. The point is making high quality food (nutrition, not taste) easily accessible
If you can’t walk to nearest store within 15 minutes, you live in food desert. Using PT counts as walking.
Do supermarkets not do home deliveries in the US for people who can’t get to the shop? The UK has had those for years.
They do, but only for their area and there’s a fee.
If the closest actual supermarket with fresh food is a 30 minute drive, they’re probably not delivering tho.
The point is making high quality food (nutrition, not taste) easily accessible