Allison B's List: Detroit FPC resources

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• large enough to offer a variety of products, with shopping carts and advertisements for fresh produce
• verified using Google Street View.
• tate of Michigan Department of Human Services
• . Nearly $34 million was spent in Detroit, representing 13.7% of statewide spending.
• 13.7% of all EBT dollars were spent within Detroit city limits
• If Michigan residents spent their EBT money in the cities and townships in which they lived, we would expect to see double the amount of EBT spending in Detroit. It seems that Detroiters are spending a considerable portion of their EBT money outside of the city.
• Out-state, 91.3% of EBT money is spent in grocery stores (including farmer’s markets, super stores, etc.), but only 79.1% of EBT spending in Detroit is spent in grocery stores- a 12.2% gap.
• . According to the Social Compact DrillDown Report
• 31% of Detroit all households’ grocery bills are spent outside of the city
• At 18.7% of total Detroit spending, it is more than twice the percentage that is spent at convenience stores out-state.
• we do not know what the EBT money was used to purchase, most convenience stores lack the variety of fresh produce that can be found at a grocery store.
• t Fresh Corner Café
• 1.95% of Detroit EBT spending occurs at restaurants
• Michigan recently changed the EBT regulations to allow spending at restaurants if the EBT recipient is aged sixty or older, blind or disabled, or homeless (i.e.  populations that might struggle to cook for themselves).[10]
• death from heart disease in Detroit is 48% higher than the national average[11]
• the average Detroiter is only .6 miles from the nearest full-service grocery store[9]
• ndictment of our distribution systems and a huge indictment of racial equity issues,
• Too many of these “full-service” locations have limp lettuce, brown meat and are barely staffed. They’re also uninviting, poorly maintained and unsanitary feeling. I gladly drive six miles out of my way to a well-lit, clean store with better food.

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• 6 percent of our total distribution