Excited, but skeptical

Whole Foods has opened a store on the South Side of Chicago, in the low-income neighborhood of Englewood.  I have my doubts about Whole Foods' ability to provide products that the people of that neighborhood will find valuable, but that's not really relevant.  They'll succeed or they'll fail and that's on them.  What is relevant and interesting is that they are trying at all.  The South Side is a vast food desert and where there are grocery stores, their food quality is usually quite poor.  It doesn't seem like the kind of place that Whole Foods would be interested in.  If they can manage to make it work, it might be the beginning of the end of food deserts in the United States.  And a serious step forward on the road to ending inequality.  A round of applause to Whole Foods for the attempt.  I hope it succeeds.