October 27,2009
By October 23 Stop & Shop closing on Beverage Hill Avenue for East Providence leaves a food gap for the poor who leave near Prospect Street and those who live off George Bennett Industrial Highway. Those who do not have proper transportation will not experience a good quest finding wholesome food.
A few questions about this Stop & Shop move: In addition to the Stop & Shop on Cottage Street, how many supermarkets will full produce stands are left in the city? How can people get nutritious food in Pawtucket? Will Stop & Shop raise their prices now they are a near food monopoly locally?
Could the city of Pawtucket give a huge tax break to any nutrition-filled supermarket such as Whole Foods to enter the empty stores?
Peace, Jim Matuszek