Maps from eight cities show how numerous dollar stores have become in America and reveal a pattern between dollar stores and neighborhood income and race.
Although dollar stores sometimes fill a need, there’s growing evidence that these stores are not a byproduct of economic distress. They’re a cause of it.
New research from ILSR documents the rapid rise of dollar stores and their damaging effects on the local economies of cities and small towns.
In response to Amazon’s announced acquisition of Whole Foods, Stacy Mitchell, co-director of ILSR and co-author of Amazon’s Stranglehold, made the following statement.
We look at both the bad and the good fallout from Walmart’s closing of 269 stores.
In this 30-minute interview on “This Is Hell!”, recently voted Chicago’s best talk radio show, ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell talks about how Walmart is undermining the...
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...
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...
Walmart’s expansion is making our food system more concentrated and industrialized than ever before. … Read More
I winced yesterday when James Gavin, chair of the Partnership for a Healthier America, said he’d like to see Walmart double its U.S. store count....
The newly published Sustainable Food Retail Framework aims to help cities struggling with a lack of grocery stores in low-income neighborhoods better balance the need...
In 1996, the six states of New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts) were authorized by Congress to form the Northeast...
The Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative, a four-year-old, statewide grant and loan program for grocery store development, has financed over 50 independent grocery stores and...
In dozens of towns across the country, citizens have seized the reins of their local economies by starting community-owned stores. This 6-page fact sheet shows...
Interviews with 18 local suppliers—who produce everything from fresh vegetables, dairy products and meat, to prepared and processed foods—raise serious questions about Whole Foods’ commitment...