Extra Fruits, Veggies Could Be Coming To Minneapolis Corner Stores
October 9, 2014 | 1 min to read
Walk in to the corner store at Cedar Avenue and E. 26th Street to grab a bag of chips or a soda, and customers first run into an obstacle.
Just inside the entrance to Cedar Food & Grill, there’s a large display packed with an ever-growing variety of fresh foods: peaches, oranges, avocados, tomatoes — even whole coconuts and bunches of cilantro. Further back, coolers filled with eggs and milk are so popular that store employees have to restock them several times each day.
Six years after Minneapolis became the first city in the United States to require small shops to stock healthy foods, stores like Cedar Food & Grill are prime examples of how a new policy and some guidance can lead to big changes. Now, city officials are looking to double down on their efforts.
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