The stories on this page describe the many different types of problems that persons living in food deserts experience when they need to buy groceries and either no means of getting to a store or the transporation they do have is unreliable, time consuming, impractical.
I have a car and I take my friend to the grocery store. We live close to the Kroger on Monroe but if we didn't have a car we would have to rely on family and friends or I would have to ride my bike and carry the things we need. I haven't ridden the bus in 13 years but will get on the bus if I really had to. I still wouldn't be able to shop for very much because the bus stop is about a half mile from my house, so maybe 6 bags or so.
Kroger is way out. It is too far. We have to get someone to drive us to the store, and then we have to pay them or buy them something at the store. If no one can take me, then I have to ride the bus...and then I can only buy a little bit of groceries because it's too much to carry. It's hard for me to do this with a toddler in tow. We really need a grocery store here! This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
I take four to six people to the store a day! We need you! This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
It is a very big challenge to go to the grocery. I either have to ride the bus or get someone to drive me to the grocery. It takes at least two hours or more. It would be a blessing to get transportation to the grocery.
It is very hard to get to the store when you don't have transportation or if your car is broken down. If you can't find kind people to take you to the store you end up having to pay an arm & a leg for someone to take you. This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
It takes 45 minutes to an hour to get to the grocery store. Trying to carry groceries or find a ride is really hard. This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
I have to pay people every time to go to the store. It makes me short on food because I'm spending money on gas for other people.This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
We do need a grocery store here - we don't have one. No one can get to the grocery store without asking someone to take them. That's how it is. I always ask my kinfolk to take me - if they can't, the only other thing I can do is catch a bus. It takes forever! This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
We NEED a grocery store. I have no transportation and most of the time no money to pay someone to take me. I have to take the bus - it takes a long time - I have to take it from downtown out to the grocery store. I need a grocery store here badly. This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
Riding the bus then having trouble getting back home with all the bags and hoping all your dairy products and frozen vegetables don't thaw out. This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
Ran out at the end of the month - don't have a car This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
We need a store for people with no transportation - elderly and all. This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
Just hard to get around if you don't have a car. This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
I don't have a way to the store. This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
I have no ride and 2 kids. I have to pay out of my first of the month check just to get food in my house. This Grocery Story was collected at the Edgehill Food Awareness Cookout on August 31, 2010. The event was hosted by Edgehill Food Now!, a collaboration between the Edgehill Family Resource Center, Organized Neighbors of Edgehill and Re/Storing Nashville.
I shop everywhere. Why because it gives me different choices. The Dollar General Market is one of my favorites. They have a great variety of foods to choose from. It's not only a grocery store, I can get household products and other items also. I get there by bus sometimes (which costs $3.20) or pay someone to take me. Thank God the store is right up the street from me. I pay $10 if I have someone take me to the store because I often go to more than one. The Dollar General Market is just like shopping in Kroger or Walmart, only cheaper. That's why I shop there, because it's convenient and easier for me to ensure my family eats a healthy, well balanced meal.
I don't have a car and my baby was born premature so she has to have different kinds of stuff. So I have to ask relatives to take me to the store or walk to Piggly Wiggly on North 2nd, about 3 to 4 blocks from my house. My daughter has to drink a type of milk that most small stores don't carry. I have to try to get all my daughter's stuff at one time or end up having to go to Kroger or Walmart and carry her with me.
Don't have a car now. Wasn't hard at first cause I could go when I wanted to or needed to but now I have to go when somebody has time to take me and wait on me at the store. Now I try to go to the store closest to me like Save-a-lot, Kroger, Walmart on Gallatin Road. I will walk if I have to to the nearest store which is Walmart and get things I need for just that week because my house is about two blocks from the bus stop. I will still have to go to the store again before the end of the week and usually end up paying someone to take me by the end of the week, which ends up costing me between $10-15 just getting to the store.