Fresh foods are the focus of a Double Up Food Bucks summer kick-off effort happening Saturday at nine participating locations across Flint. Activities hosted by the program’s originator the Fair Food Network will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 22 and will include giveaways and coupons, according to organizers. Shoppers […]
When the last big-box grocery store left Flint, about 100,000 residents were left with one less major shopping option for affordable, fresh food. The void punctuated by Kroger’s closing on Davison Road in 2015 left residents, community leaders and local government to seek solutions, but the effort has grown into something bigger. Several independent retail […]