Circle Food Store is set to open in mid to late summer of 2013. New owner Dwayne Boudreau spent years lining up the $8 million needed to repair the damages from the post-Katrina flood.

Lafayette Market, a 10,000 square-foot grocery store is set to open December 2012. It will offer fresh produce, a café, a fresh meat counter and more. Federal money from the Neighborhood Stabilization 2 and New Markets and Historic Tax Credit programs, as well as the Michigan Magnet Fund, state historic tax credits, brownfield tax credits and private lenders helped pay for the renovation of the building at North Saginaw and Lafayette.

An article about the struggles behind the start-up of the Creekside Co-op. The co-op has 1,871 households and hopes to do $5.8 million in sales in its first year.

As part of GOOD Ideas for Cities New Orleans, a team created a campaign to showcase the diversity and availability of healthy foods. The team came up with an idea to co-brand all local produce as part of the "Grow NOLA" movement, using stickers and point-of-sale materials that would provide more information about the connection between eating locally and eating healthily. 

Store owners participating in the St. Louis Healthy Corner Store Project agree to stock fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy products, whole-grain cereals and healthy snacks and drinks. In return, business mentors help the owners with marketing and pricing, and nutritionists provide in-store taste testings and cooking classes to build interest in local schools and the community.

A study conducted by the Food Research and Action Center gave Memphis the unenviable distinction of "hunger capital of the United States." Since then, a swell of interest and concern over urban food deserts has brought issues of food access for underserved communities to the fore.

U.S. Bank, The California Endowment, NCB Capital Impact, and other community leaders celebrated the grand opening of Northgate Gonzalez Markets. The new supermarket, which brings healthy foods and new, local employment opportunities to the area's 105,000-plus residents, is the latest example of U.S. Bank's commitment to finance businesses that increase fresh, affordable food availability..

DaFresh Seafood and Produce Store has been awarded $117,000 by the New Orleans Fresh Food Retailer Initiative, which in partnership with Hope Enterprise Corp. and The Food Trust is providing loans to existing and startup grocers in underserved New Orleans communities.

Spartanburg City Council unanimously agreed to support the Healthy Food Hub on the city's north side by reallocating federal Community Development Block Grant funds and committing construction management expertise to the project. When complete, the farmers market will relocate there in addition to a garden, commercial kitchen and a cafe that will sell nutritious meals.

Supervisor Eric Mar introduces legislation to establish a Healthy Food Retailer Incentives Program. The purpose of this legislations is to increase access to healthy food; reduce unhealthy influences such as tobacco, alcohol and processed foods high in salt, fat and sugar in underserved parts of the City by providing incentives for existing corner and mom and pop stores.