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13 Supermarkets ABANDON Milwaukee… Over Theft Epidemic
July 30, 2025 2:20 pm by Alex Mark5 entire grocery stores are leaving the city of Milwaukee at once, along with 2 walgreens locations. Local officials and residents are outraged, and want the stores to stay. Kroger who owns the 5 Pick n Save locations says the stores are leaving for ‘health of the business’ reasons… which requires an investigation.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/13-supermarkets-abandon-milwaukee-over-theft-epidemic/
https://www.the-sun.com/news/10023064/walgreens-closing-stores-theft-threats-milwaukee-wisconsin/
Why supermarkets have abandoned some of America’s poorest neighborhoods
"Supermarkets have abandoned the inner city for suburban and exurban locations"
By Ashlie D. StevensSenior Food Editor
Published March 24, 2024 9:00AM (EDT)
A "Going Out Of Business"sign is displayed outside a retail store (Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images)
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Despite the recent news that Family Dollar would be closing nearly 1,000 of their 8,000 American locations, dollar stores are spreading across the country at a staggering rate. Since 2011, the number of dollar stores nationwide has climbed from 20,000 to over 30,000, meaning there are now more dollar stores than Walmart and McDonald’s combined, according to a report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
Though they rarely carry fresh fruit, vegetables and meat — and despite likely exacerbating American food deserts — dollar stores are actually the fastest-growing food retailers in the United States, according to a 2023 study from experts at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, which was published in the American Journal of Public Health.
There are a variety of reasons for that, but one of the most significant by far is the way in which big-name supermarkets have largely abandoned, or avoided, many low-income neighborhoods over the last half-century, leaving a gigantic vacuum for dollar stores to fill, specifically in urban communities of color.
https://www.salon.com/2024/03/24/wh...doned-some-of-americas-poorest-neighborhoods/
Then they hold demonstrations saying that having food is a right.