Food Deserts

Shipt to Accept SNAP EBT Payments, Helping Increase Food Access to Almost 74%* of Food Deserts

June 27, 2024 Shipt

SNAP recipients will have access to a discounted monthly membership offer of $4.99, which is over 50% off a standard Shipt monthly membership. This Shipt membership offer for SNAP EBT recipients does not expire at any time and grants members access to all of Shipt’s exclusive membership benefits such as $0 delivery fee with a $35 order minimum and Shipt’s beloved Preferred Shopper feature. SNAP recipients will be able to use their benefits towards marketplace orders from Meijer and Target. …

Revol Greens Will Now Be Available at Dollar General

April 16, 2024 Leah Goggins, EatingWell

Dollar General will now stock Revol products at 5,000 of its 19,000 stores—you can check to see if your local store is one of them—which will bring fresh, healthy produce much closer to folks who need it. …

Food Deserts in Rural America Expose Need for Broader Distribution Strategies

October 10, 2023 CoBank

Food insecurity remains prevalent in the U.S. with sparsely-populated rural areas often being disproportionally affected. Rural communities comprise 63% of all U.S. counties but 87% of counties with the highest food insecurity rates. The primary challenge for rural residents is the prevalence of low-access food deserts, where the distance to supermarkets impedes the ability of consumers to access a wide range of food and beverage options. …

127 Wall and Yellow Banana Partner with the City of Chicago in Tackling Food Deserts

July 21, 2022 Save A Lot

Yellow Banana, the owner and operator of eight Save A Lot locations in the Chicagoland area, today announced the receipt of a $13.5 million Community Development Grant from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the City of Chicago that will enable Yellow Banana to invest in significant upgrades to its existing Chicago stores, as well as to re-open a location in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood that closed in 2020. …

Dollar General Announces New Commitments to Address Food Insecurity, Plans to Offer Produce in up to 10,000 Stores

July 6, 2021 Dollar General

The Company plans to offer produce in up to 10,000 communities over the next several years, with a meaningful number of those stores in current United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defined food deserts. …