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Dollar General, Competition with “big box” chains, SNAP, WIC
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The village of McArthur sits in rural Vinton County in Southeast Ohio, with approximately 1,300 residents. In 2013, McArthur’s grocery store, the only grocery store in the county, was sold to Dollar General, which does not sell fresh food. As a result, residents had to travel more than 30 minutes from McArthur to another county to get fresh produce and groceries. McArthur also has a large population of seniors and others for whom access to transportation and to grocery stores is particularly limited.
Launched in March of 2016, the Healthy Food for Ohio (HFFO) program, a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), was able to attract and support a local grocer, Campbell’s Market, restoring the county with fresh food. The Campbell’s family has been in the grocery industry for more than 85 years and opened a 12,000 square foot store, adjacent to the local high school, in the winter of 2017. Campbell’s has hired over 30 employees from the local community and accepts SNAP and WIC food assistance benefits.
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Panel: Restoring Grocery Access: The Vinton, Ohio
The village of McArthur sits in rural Vinton County in Southeast Ohio, with approximately 1,300 residents. In 2013, McArthur’s grocery store, the only grocery store in the county, was sold to Dollar General, which does not sell fresh food. As a result, residents had to travel more than 30 minutes from McArthur to another county to get fresh produce and groceries. McArthur also has a large population of seniors and others for whom access to transportation and to grocery stores is particularly limited.
Launched in March of 2016, the Healthy Food for Ohio (HFFO) program, a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), was able to attract and support a local grocer, Campbell’s Market, restoring the county with fresh food. The Campbell’s family has been in the grocery industry for more than 85 years and opened a 12,000 square foot store, adjacent to the local high school, in the winter of 2017. Campbell’s has hired over 30 employees from the local community and accepts SNAP and WIC food assistance benefits.
