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by theyellowkid 1780 days ago
What low income neighborhoods need is one of these:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grocery_Outlet

Our local one is excellent, plus the wine deals are amazing.

It's funny how many branded items here are 1/2 the price of the local 'normal' grocery stores.

Of course, when you peek at other peoples' carts, garbage food can be strongly associated with the weight of the cart pusher (or a rough guess at the socioeconomic class), but at least they have the opportunity to eat well on the cheap.

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One of the things I severely miss having moved from the US to Canada