We certainly are not in a food desert but we live close to a small Wal-Marts and we’ve gotten used to using it more and more often. It has a wonderful produce department. It’s a great place to find ethnic foods like queso fresco and chinese vegetables. Although our county is known as the “golden ghetto” its probably more ethnically diverse than anywhere I’ve lived including the urban areas. My point however is that a lot of African Americans shop there. The prices are good. The produce (not the meat) is excellent. Lots of inventory turn over so good freshness. I’m sure that Wal-mart has tried to move into some of these urban areas but has been banned by political correctness.
Even what isn’t “excellent” at Walmart is certainly good enough at very affordable prices.
Loaf of bread: $0.88
10 pounds of chicken: $6.40
Frozen veggies: $0.98/lb
Cheese: $0.16/oz
and so on. There’s way more decent cheap food there than you think, if only you’ll actually go pricetag by pricetag (marketing works, making it hard to see the low prices amid the attractive alternatives). Yeah it ain’t premium, but it’s better than the majority of people on this planet get by on.