#food-desert

[ follow ]
fromSFGATE
6 days ago

Big-time Chicago chef opens something new in premier Bay Area tech corridor

One of the Bay Area's buzziest new restaurants, Valley Goat, is in the middle of what feels eerily like a food desert. The upscale restaurant, tucked inside the posh Treehouse Hotel in Sunnyvale's booming tech district, is more than 3 miles from a supermarket. Most of the other places to eat nearby are fast food chains - Togo's, KFC, Burger King and McDonald's.
Food & drink
San Francisco
fromMission Local
2 weeks ago

'A food desert:' Bayview Lucky to close after less than three years

Lucky grocery store in Bayview will close after three years, leaving only Foods Co. and Grocery Outlet over a mile away, worsening food access.
Food & drink
fromEater Atlanta
1 month ago

This Hidden Gem Pupuseria Is Bringing Fresh Food to an Atlanta Food Desert

La Bodega pupuseria opened a market in Sylvan Hills to provide fresh produce, pantry items and pupusas to a USDA-designated food desert facing food insecurity.
Food & drink
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Northern California food desert breaks ground on its first grocery store

Plumas Lake is getting its first full-service grocery store, a Holiday Market, after years of being a food desert.
fromFox Business
2 months ago

Government-funded grocery store flounders in Midwest city as similar proposal gains stream in NYC

KC Sun Fresh lost nearly $900,000 over the last year and has received tens of millions of dollars in support since 2018, illustrating ongoing challenges in sustaining community grocery stores.
Food & drink
SF food
fromMission Local
3 months ago

The only grocery store in one of San Francisco's most impoverished communities can't take food stamps

Surfside Liquors lost its SNAP authorization during closure, halting fresh food sales critical for the local community.
NYC food
fromsilive
3 months ago

Grocery store opens on Staten Island with global focus that will serve area food desert

Food Dynasty enhances local dining with international flavors and convenient meal options for a diverse community.
fromBrooklyn Paper
4 months ago

'Spoonful' of change: One man's mission to make healthy breakfast more accessible * Brooklyn Paper

Growing up in a food desert and seeing how many lactose-intolerant Black and Brown people there are. And seeing that the fastest growing segment of plant-based eaters are Black and Brown people.
Brooklyn
[ Load more ]