If you live in crime riddled neighborhoods in Memphis, all that passes for grocery stores are those mom/pop gas stations. Most regular grocery stores are in the outer laying sections of Memphis where crime is lower. We just had murder 132 on last night’s news, that does not include all those who will be permanently damaged or are still in the hospital in critical condition from either shootings or stabbings.
Here in Pittsburgh the city BRIBED a grocery store, with scads of public money, to go back and open a location in a neighborhood the locals burned to the ground in 1968. Even with the heavy subsidy it was a tough sell, and multiple chains pulled out of the deal.