Please join me and my neighbors and boycott Hy-Vee.
If some of you are not familiar with Hy-Vee, they are a large supermarket chain headquartered in Des Moines. And they are proving that they don't care about lower income people and elderly people who dont get around too well. Bottom line only for this corporation.
The reason I'm saying this is because they recently announced they are shutting down several stores, all of which are located in lower income areas and all the closings will create a food desert in the areas. This includes the one a few blocks from my house. And i know there is one in Moline. IL which is a lower income area and one in Cedar Rapids which is also, yep, you guessed it, lower income.
All three stores have been remodeled in the past few years and not for the best. In the case of the one near my house, they removed the service meat counter, the bakery, the deli, and some fruit and vegetable selections for a great big walk in cooler and expanded liquor selection. I can get beer anywhere. I'd rather get food at a grocery store. Therefore i believe they set it up to fail. The Cedar Rapids location actually got a grant or loan or something to rebuild a run down store. And this does not even take into account the people who work at these stores. So once again, i am asking you all to boycott Hy-Vee. And maybe drop them a line and/or call them like i did. Tell them you are unhappy about leaving food deserts for people who are already needy or immobile and unable to travel to another store for basic needs.
Thank you for reading my rant. I hope it isn't completely incoherent. Btw, if you live in Iowa, it is a certainty that you've heard of the above named grocery chain.
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