Community Wins: How Do You Buy Groceries When There’s No Grocery Store? These Communities Figured It Out

Date: 26 Oct 2023 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

From mobile markets to refrigerated food pick-up lockers, communities are exploring innovative new approaches to making sure their residents have convenient, affordable access to healthy food. Check out the latest in our Community Wins series. … Read More

City Lab Covers Dollar Store Backlash, ILSR Report Featured

Date: 4 Jan 2019 | posted in: Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In The News: Marie Donahue December 20th, 2018 Media Outlet: City Lab  City Lab, using data obtained in a report from ILSR, dives into the dollar store chain crisis and its negative impacts on working class communities across the United States. Our research associate Marie Donahue explains how dollar stores are feeding off of the growing … Read More

ILSR Report on Dollar Store Growth Featured in Huffington Post

Date: 12 Dec 2018 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In the News: Stacy Mitchell and Marie Donahue December 7th, 2018 Media Outlet: Huffington Post The Huffington post covered ILSR’s recent report detailing the growing dominance of dollar stores in the retail landscape. Report authors Stacy Mitchell and Marie Donahue, from our Community-Scaled Economy team, were quoted on the growing epidemic of dollar stores replacing grocery stores in urban and rural … Read More

Why Walmart’s Death Grip on Our Food System Is Intensifying Poverty

Date: 27 Mar 2013 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

When Michelle Obama visited a Walmart in Springfield, Missouri, a few weeks ago to praise the company’s efforts to sell healthier food, she did not say why she chose a store in Springfield of all cities. But, in ways that Obama surely did not intend, it was a fitting choice. This Midwestern city provides a chilling look at where Walmart wants to take our food system. … Read More

How Walmart is Devouring the Food System (Infographic)

Date: 1 Dec 2012 | posted in: Retail | 5 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Walmart now captures $1 of every $4 Americans spend on groceries. It’s on track to claim one-third of food sales within five years. Here’s a look at how Walmart has dramatically altered the food system — triggering massive consolidation, driving down prices to farmers, and leaving more families struggling to afford healthy food.… Read More

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