The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters

Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters

The Healthy Food Financing Handbook: From Advocacy to Implementation

Strategies to Close the Distribution Gap for Small Stores in Underserved Communities

Community Economic Development Funding through HHS

Healthy Food Access in Pennsylvania: Building on Success, Reinvesting in Communities, Creating Jobs

HFFI Impacts: Nationwide Success of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives

Closing the SNAP Gap: Preventing Hunger and Strengthening Communities in Minnesota

Closing the SNAP Gap: Working Together to End Hunger & Strengthen SNAP in South Carolina

Closing the SNAP Gap: Why CalFresh Matters for LA County

Closing the SNAP Gap in Denver: Recommendations to Prevent Hunger and Strengthen Communities

Closing the SNAP Gap: Recommendations to Prevent Hunger and Strengthen SNAP in Houston

The SNAP Gap: Understanding Low Rates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation in Denver

Boosting NJ SNAP: Eliminating Barriers to Participation

Supporting Healthy Food Access in North Carolina: A report of the North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Task Force

Food for Every Child: The Need for Healthy Food Financing in Alabama

Food for Every Child: The Need for Healthy Food Retail in the Greater Dallas Area

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Supermarkets in Georgia

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Supermarkets in Houston

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Healthy Food Retail in Louisville

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Supermarkets in Maryland

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Supermarkets in Massachusetts

Food for Every Child: The Need for Healthy Food Financing in Michigan

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Supermarkets in Minnesota

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Supermarkets in Mississippi

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Healthy Food Access in North Carolina

Food for Every Child: The Need for Healthy Food Financing in Ohio

Food for Every Child: Access and Demand for Healthy Food in the Paso del Norte Region / Alimentos Para Cada Niño Accesso y Demanda de Alimentos Saludabes en la Región de el Paso del Norte

Food for Every Child: The Need for More Supermarkets in Tennessee

Food for Every Child: The Need for Healthy Food Financing in Virginia

Food Access Raises Everyone: A Collaborative, Comprehensive Approach to a Healthier Cleveland and Cuyahoga County

Grocery Retail for All: Affordable, Nutritious Food in Every Neighborhood

Stimulating Grocery Development in Bi-State Kansas City

Stimulating Grocery Development in Illinois

Stimulating Supermarket Development in Maryland

Stimulating Grocery Development in Massachusetts

Stimulating Grocery Development in Minnesota

Stimulating Grocery Development in Mississippi

Stimulating Grocery Development in New York

Stimulating Supermarket Development in Tennessee

Harvesting Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food System Investments to Transform Communities

Perspectives of Urban Corner Store Owners and Managers on Community Health Problems and Solutions

New study finds a new supermarket improves health, food security and economic status

“Doubling Up” on Produce at Detroit Farmers Markets: Patterns and Correlates of Use of a Healthy Food Incentive

Study finds a new supermarket improves health, food security and economic status Can the Introduction of a Full-Service Supermarket in a Food Desert Improve Residents’ Economic Status and Health?

Could EBT Machines Increase Fruit and Vegetable Purchases at New York City Green Carts?

Fresh Produce Consumption and the Association Between Frequency of Food Shopping, Car Access, and Distance to Supermarkets

Access to Healthy Food Stores Modifies Effect of a Dietary Intervention

New Neighborhood Grocery Store Increased Awareness Of Food Access But Did Not Alter Dietary Habits Or Obesity

Discrete Choice Model of Food Store Trips Using National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS)

Personal Characteristics, Cooking at Home and Shopping Frequency Influence Consumption

Residents’ Diet and Perceptions Changed After a New Supermarket Came To a Food Desert, But Not Because Of Supermarket Use

Economic and Community Development Outcomes of Healthy Food Retail

U.S. Veterans Serve at Home by Combating Food Deserts

Access to Public Benefits Among Dual Eligible Seniors Reduces Risk of Nursing Home and Hospital Admission, and Cuts Costs

Bidirectional Associations Between Psychosocial Well-being and Body Mass Index in European Children: Longitudinal Findings from the IDEFICS Study

Change in Neighborhood Characteristics and Change in Coronary Artery Calcium: A Longitudinal Investigation in the MESA Cohort

Farmers Market Use Patterns Among SNAP Participants with High Access to Farmers Markets

RAND Corporation Study Links New Supermarket to Improved Community Health

Assessment of a Government-Subsidized Supermarket in a High-Need Area on Household Food Availability and Children’s Dietary Intakes

Association Between Living in Food Deserts and Cardiovascular Risk

Corner Store Owner Training Series, Part 1: Creating Healthy Value-Added Products

Corner Store Owner Training Series, Part 2: Food Safety for Corner Store Operators

Corner Store Owner Training Series, Part 3: Creating an Attractive Produce Display

Everyone Deserves Access

Winfield Save-A-Lot

Creating Healthy Communities Program’s Good Food Here Initiative

Food System Primer

Healthy Food Policy Project

Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs

Tracking Healthy Food Sales

Blueprint for a National Food Strategy

Running a Food Hub: Assessing Financial Viability

Understanding the Role of Community Development Finance in Improving Access to Healthy Food

Approaches to Healthy Shopping and Eating

Building a Model for Good Food + Good Jobs: FoodLab Detroit Strategy Council Co-Lab #3

Building Success of Food Hubs Through the Cooperative Experience: A Case Study Perspective

Colorado Enterprise Fund: Improving the Food System through Healthy Food Financing to Small Businesses

Establishing Principles for Good Food, Good Jobs: FoodLab Detroit Strategy Council Co-Lab #1

Profile: Bottino’s ShopRite (Vineland, NJ)

Profile: C Fresh Market (Des Moines, Iowa)

Profile: Campbell’s Market (McArthur, OH)

Profile: Circle Food Store (New Orleans, LA)

Profile: Common Market (Philadelphia, PA)

Profile: Cooperative Fund of New England

Profile: Corbin Hill Food Project (New York State)

Profile: Fare & Square (Chester, PA)

Profile: Green City Growers Cooperative (Cleveland, OH)

Profile: Hattie Larlham Food Hub Fresh Market (Akron, OH)

Profile: Healthy Neighborhood Store Project (Omaha, NE)

Profile: KV Market (Mansfield, OH)

Profile: Latino Economic Development Corp.

Profile: Mariposa Food Co-op

Profile: Market at St. Mark’s Church (Cleveland, OH)

Profile: Mobile Market on the Green (Toledo and Lucas County, OH)

Profile: MyTown Marketplace (Highland Falls, NY)

Profile: Nojaim Brothers Supermarket (New York)

Profile: Northgate Market

Profile: Prather’s IGA (West Union, OH)

Profile: Portland Mercado

Profile: Pyburn’s Farm Fresh Foods

Profile: R&G Family Grocers’ Mobile Market

Profile: The ReFresh Project (New Orleans)

Profile: Salud Corporation

Profile: Simon’s Supermarket (Euclid, OH)

Profile: Virginia Fresh Food Loan Fund

How-To: The Grocer’s Guide to Healthy Food Marketing
Developed by The Food Trust in partnership with the National Grocers Association, The Grocer’s Guide to Healthy Food Marketing is a one-stop shop full of tools and resources to encourage healthy food purchases in grocery stores nationwide.

Free Downloads: Templates & Marketing Materials
The following 8.5×11-inch sheets, available for free download in English and Spanish, can be customized in Microsoft Word. You can add information about weekly specials, locally grown foods and other featured products. You can also include your store’s logo. Print them in-house or at your local printer (FedEx, Staples, etc.) and display them around your store.

“Special!” / ¡Especial!””

“Locally Grown!” / ¡Cultivado Localmente!””

Free Downloads: Recipe Cards
This set of Healthy Recipe Card PDFs — available in English and Spanish — can be printed out and displayed in your store near healthy ingredients, or distributed during taste test events.

You can also check out our Recipe Explorer for more free downloads.

Sell Healthy Guide
This guide for corner store owners focuses on how to sell healthy foods, increase sales and attract more customers. Updated for 2026!