Food Desert No More: The Tightening Battle For D.C. Grocery Shoppers

For years, the grocery options were slim in the neighborhoods between the District’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center and Union Station. There was a decades-old Giant Food on O Street NW that was demolished in 2011, and there were a handful of corner stores specializing mostly in alcohol, cigarettes, candy and chips.

The area was a classic “food desert” – a place where few traditional grocery stores would venture and fresh food was difficult to find.

That’s hard to imagine today.

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