Is trying to bring better groceries to areas that are under served by larger retail grocery outlets. This is a problem in a lot of areas because it leaves the people who live there with very limited choices for healthy food. Sure, man can live on Big Macs, Cheetos & frozen microwave dinners, but not well, and not for very long. Especially since not everyone has access to a car (and taking groceries home on a city bus …shudder!).
Also, this is a great example of how government should try to solve a social problem. Identify an existing entity that has the ability to help out, and find a way for trade to happen (in this case, Walgreen’s gives up shelf space for cheap candy & Chinese plastic products to make room for produce & dry goods). The people get more choices, and the business gets to have the market to itself for a little while.
For us libertarians, this is how government should always work. Before it sits down to craft a law forcing action, it needs to explore ways to facilitate people helping people. Usually, most governments just hear people telling them, “There ought to be a law”, and they pass a law which usually does no one any good (except for groups who manage to do a little regulatory capture or rent-seeking).
