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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced last week that his administration is exploring a city-owned grocery store as a means of promoting “equitable” access to food, though the plan has drawn criticism from skeptics of a government owned and operated store.
Chicago would become the first major U.S. city to implement a municipally owned grocery store to address food inequity if the proposal advances, the mayor’s office said in a release. Johnson’s office said Wednesday that it’s working with the Economic Security Project, a non-profit group, on a feasibility study that “will help inform the Johnson administration’s emerging food retail strategy, which will receive input from experts, community leaders, and Chicago’s Food Equity Council.”
“All Chicagoans deserve to live near convenient, affordable, healthy grocery options. We know access to grocery stores is already a challenge for many residents, especially on the South and West sides,” Johnson said. “My administration is committed to advancing innovative, whole-of-government approaches to address these inequities. I am proud to work alongside partners to take this step in envisioning what a municipally owned grocery store in Chicago could look like.”
“Historic disinvestment has led to inequitable access to food retail across Chicago, and these existing inequities have been exacerbated as at least six grocery stores closed on the South and West sides over the past two years,” Johnson’s statement claimed.
The Democrat mayor also alleged: “food access and security link directly to environmental and racial justice. 37% of Black residents and 29% of Latine/x residents are food insecure, compared to 19% of residents overall.”
My administration is committed to advancing innovative, whole-of-government approaches to addressing inequities. I am proud to work alongside partners to take this step in envisioning what a municipally owned grocery store in Chicago could look like.
— Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) September 13, 2023
The report explains that both Whole Foods and Walmart have closed multiple stores in Chicago neighborhoods, and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warned in December that its stores across the country were dealing with shoplifting to a degree that, “If it’s not corrected over time, prices will be higher, and/or stores will close.”
Nobel intention but not a good idea. This groceries stores will be operating in the red and loosing tax payers money.
Control crime and business will come. https://t.co/hWi5jitCto— Sam Sanchez (@samsamco) September 13, 2023
Mayor Brandon Johnson explores city-owned grocery store in Chicago https://t.co/82KpNxoUc5
— Chicago Tribune Politics (@ChiTribCloutSt) September 13, 2023
The plan:
Reduce police, shoplifting increases, go socialist.Chicago Mayor announces that he is exploring city-owned grocery stores to promote “equitable” access, after Walmart, Whole Foods closes stores in the past year due to millions in annual loss.https://t.co/h2neJQUEYi
— David L Wagner (@DavidLWagner4) September 18, 2023
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