Mobile grocery stores could soon provide an oasis for food deserts in parts of Minneapolis.
The City Council voted last Friday to expand an ordinance allowing mobile grocery stores in Minneapolis to sell a wider variety of foods, including fresh produce, in more areas than previously allowed.
While it takes time and money to construct brick-and-mortar stores in developing neighborhoods or areas lacking access to full grocery stores, the mobile markets could offer a cheaper, quicker and more versatile alternative, said Gayle Prest, the city’s sustainability director.
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