The community of Cairo, Illinois, once a food desert, welcomed its new market last year with balloons and cheers. But the store is struggling — exposing problems with the programs set up to help.
Cool, dollar general only sells dry goods and not enough of a variety to cover basic food groups. There are no vegetables, proteins, or dairy products unless you include hot pockets.
Rural American should be able to access more than frozen meals and junk food so stop being a prick. None should suffer from malnutrition and elevated crime rate.
Maybe we shouldn’t be worrying about making a profit from preventing starvation.
So how much food do you want to waste so you can see a nice shiny super market in the middle of nowhere?
Enough so that people don’t starve? What a strange question. I’d rather waste food than have children go hungry.
Cool, there’s two dollar generals there already that sell groceries.
What a supermarket would do is be a vanity project.
Cool, dollar general only sells dry goods and not enough of a variety to cover basic food groups. There are no vegetables, proteins, or dairy products unless you include hot pockets.
Rural American should be able to access more than frozen meals and junk food so stop being a prick. None should suffer from malnutrition and elevated crime rate.
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Yeah, we have four in my town and none of them sell dairy products. I’ve heard they’ve been pressured to provide healthier options with some success.
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