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.
Grocery stores are not necessarily designed to help customers choose the healthiest food. Signs and specials advertise chips and soda, and the coupons are usually for the pre-packaged, processed foods advertised by big brand-name companies with deep pockets. This article discusses small things stores can do that will help them move a lot more volume of the healthy stuff.
Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. is using its 13-instore pharmacies to promote healthy eating. Each month, the customers receive a different healthy-eating tip. In the pharmacy department next to the register, a sign highlights the food of the month along with a small display of the featured item; another sign is placed in the food aisle where the item is merchandised.
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.
After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines. The trend has emerged in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as smaller places like Anchorage, Alaska, and Kearney, Neb. The state of Mississippi has also registered a drop, but only among white students.
The Ziploc® Fresh Eating Survey, has uncovered a city-by-city snapshot of food-related choices across America. They list the top 10 "freshest cities" where residents are eating the freshest food options available and also the least fresh cities where residents face obstacles to eating fresh. In conjunction with these findings, Ziploc® has formed a partnership with Rachael Ray to implement an initiative encouraging families to "freshover" their outlook on eating.
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..