Thursday, July 21, 2011

How to create a food desert

Apparently, Michelle Obama is concerned about "food deserts" in our cities........

"We can give people all the information and advice in the world about healthy eating and exercise, but if parents can't buy the food they need to prepare those meals because their only options for groceries are the gas station or the local minimart, then all that is just talk," Mrs Obama said today.

Many US inner cities are "food deserts", or areas where shops selling healthful foods are rare or expensive, and residents, many of them poor, live on cheap processed meals and sugary drinks, which pile on the pounds while providing scant nutritional benefits.

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Now Michelle let me ask you a question.

Let's say I'm looking to start a brand new supermarket inside these "food deserts" because I know that there is a tremendous opportunity there to make some money.

Does a law like this make it more or less likely for me to do that...............

The California Supreme Court revived a Los Angeles ordinance that protects grocery workers, ruling it didn't take over state or federal laws.

The ordinance, passed in 2005, required new owners to hire grocery stores' existing workforces, except managers, for at least 90 days after the ownership transfer before it was rejected by a lower court. It affected stores of at least 15,000 square feet.


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