(Chicago Tribune) — Mayor Richard Daley and Walgreen Co. officials touted progress Wednesday in the city’s push to wipe out “food deserts” in Chicago.
The Deerfield-based drugstore chain is adding fresh fruit and vegetables at four stores by next week, bringing to 10 the number of such outposts on the city’s South and West sides. Those impoverished areas of Chicago have been plagued by the lack of grocery stores after major chains closed some locations over the years.
On Wednesday, the mayor and company officials toured a Walgreens in the Grand Crossing neighborhood. Daley patted bags of onions and poked tomatoes that will be sold alongside greeting cards and aspirin.
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