nice, succinct piece on food deserts in today’s NYT mag http://trunc.it/ckbuy (and nice to see Mari Gallagher get some NYT love)
Simple, clear piece by Rob Walker on Walgreen’s effort to bring food into Chicago food deserts—though I’m skeptical that Walgreen’s is having the kind of success they imply if, as Walker explains, they’re unwilling to share any information about how it’s going. (A store manager told Walker that “customers love it.” Um: That’s vague and unsubstantiated, complete press-release pap.) Questions I’m left with: What kind of demand are the stores seeing? Are people asking for ready-to-eat food? Are they asking for produce? Can the stores take EBT or WIC (in order to participate in such programs, vendors have to offer a certain product mix)?
