Meredith Hackler joined WRTV as a Multi-Media Journalist and Reporter in February of 2022.
According to the websites of the three main discount stores in the area there are seven Dollar Generals, three Family Dollar’s and two Dollar Trees in Kokomo alone.
That lack of options for fresh food is prompting the city to act. The ordinance likely to pass through the city council would require all new discount stores to dedicate 15 percent of their retail space to fresh foods. The goal is to decrease food insecurity across Kokomo. "There are now 36,000 chain dollar stores in the country,” Kennedy Smith a Senior Researcher for the Institute for Local Self Reliance said.
Mayor Moore hopes this new policy will encourage smaller grocery stores to come to the city, and create change among current discount stores.
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