I haven't written about Shoppers Food Warehouse, which operates in Maryland and Virginia. Communities are going to have to be more proactive and in more retail categories than food, if they want to bring about more retail activation in their communities.Ħ. Food Trust publishes the Healthy Food Financing Handbook.ĥ. Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing InitiativeĤ. I think more communities are going to have to create similar programs. The State of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Food Trust, also has a grant program to assist in the development of supermarkets in understored areas.
The nonprofit Fare & Easy which opened up a few years ago is no longer in operation as a nonprofit, but it was sold to a for profit entity that still operates it.ģ. There are some other initiatives, like in Baltimore, DMG Foods created by the Salvation Army (' Salvation Army Opens First Grocery Store Ever In Baltimore,' NPR), or a small market called in Richmond that has opened in the Church Hill neighborhood (' Market at 25th opens in Richmond food desert elating neighbors,' WTVR-TV ' Being There: The Richmond Style is a for profit, created by a somewhat benevolent person.
