Healthy food at low price is difficult goal for grocer in Detroit

When Whole Foods, “the world’s leader in organic and natural foods” with 360 stores, opened a store in Detroit in June 2013, top executives said they wanted to reach “all of Detroit” with lower prices and to encourage healthier diets. At Slate, writer Tracie McMillan says “the prices simply aren’t low enough to work” for poor families.… » Read More

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