Food Deserts

After years of waiting — and then a few more years of waiting — Ward 7 looks to have a bona fide grocery anchor for the long-planned Skyland Town Center project: German grocery chain Lidl.

As D.C. representatives attend the ICSC Retail Conference in Las Vegas, big grocery store news came for Ward 7: the city's first Lidl will open at Skyland Town Center.

What began as Adrienne Dove’s routine visit to the doctor’s office ended more like a life-changing sales pitch of sorts. The physician checked Dove’s blood pressure, which has been dangerously high of late, and then the two started…

Wards 7 and 8 have more than 150,000 residents, and only three of the city’s 49 grocery stores. (For comparison, Ward 7 has just as many grocery stores—two—as a 0.1 mile stretch of Columbia Heights.)

Chipotle Mexican Grill is opening a restaurant in Anacostia, nearly 26 years after the chain’s founding.

For seven years, Washingtonians with chronic illnesses affected by diet have been able to obtain prescriptions for fresh produce from doctors and redeem them at area farmers markets. Local nonprofit DC Greens operates the Produce Rx…

A group of DC residents is taking matters into its own hands to bring more grocery options east of the Anacostia River.

The meals are delivered three times a week, and each of those deliveries includes two days worth of food.

Dollar stores are wedged into nearly every nook and cranny of the Washington metropolitan area. More than 100 of them are located within a 25-mile radius — and there are plans for more. Since 2011, Dollar General and Dollar Tree, which…

For years, Philip Sambol has wrestled with the question of how, exactly, to open a community-focused, locally-owned, non-profit grocery store in neighborhoods historically overlooked by traditional supermarkets.

Nearly a year ago, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development hosted a conversation about how to offer more fresh food options for DC residents living in food deserts. Now, research is emerging linking lack of…

Martha’s Table, a local food access and education nonprofit, is teaming up with ride-hailing company Lyft to combat a glaring grocery store access issue in Wards 7 and 8. Dubbed the Lyft Grocery Access Program, the initiative will provide…

To qualify for the six-month pilot program, families must have a child enrolled in one of seven elementary schools.