This report outlines the unique challenges and opportunities of inner-city markets and provides the experience of grocery retailers serving inner-city communities. It seeks to uncover key principles for grocery retailers to operate profitably in inner-city communities.

A series of talks about healthy food, the food environment and bringing about effective change.
*Healthy Food Education

San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar introduced legislation called the Healthy Food Retailer Incentives Program. The proposal takes aim at a long-standing challenge in San Francisco to ensure there are an adequate number of grocery stores, especially in low-income neighborhoods.

An archive of webinars created by CDS Consulting Co-op. They are outlined according to topic: Organizing, Feasibility and Planning, and Implementation.

San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar announces that he would introduce legislation that aims to form an incentive program for city food retailers to market and sell fresh food, especially more produce, and cut back on high fat and sugar items and tobacco and alcohol products.

Supervisor Eric Mar has a new proposal to establish a Healthy Food Incentive Program to encourage small corner stores to stock fresh produce in San Francisco. He hasn’t settled on what the incentives might be to encourage merchants to sell more fresh food, but it might include small business loans or some hands-on assistance from the city to make the switch to fresh produce.

An appendix of documents provided during the Senate Congressional hearing. Documents provide a list of supporting organization, the Regional Farm Bill Working Group Participant List and highlights successful programs in Philadelphia.

Transcript of a Senate Congressional hearing. It also includes a discussion on the Healthy Food Financing Initiative.

A list of healthy retail programs throughout California, organized by regions.

Case profile of supermarket and retail center built in North Philadelphia financed with New Market Tax Credits.