> The fact that you have a real grocery store a drive away probably indicates that there's enough volume at that location to keep prices low. I'm not sure if I

> The fact that you have a real grocery store a drive away probably indicates that there's enough volume at that location to keep prices low. I'm not sure if I'd consider this the same situation. I'm not in a low volume area, I'm in one of the the densest neighborhoods in the city and unfortunately as nice as a 20 minute drive sounds to some that's absolutely abhorrent when you live downtown in an area like this. Most of my neighbors and friends don't own cars so that's an hour one way bus ride. I only drive my car to go to the pharmacy once a month and that's a 30 minute 4 mile one -way drive. Gotta sign my name for my adhd meds every month for 30 years straight no matter how difficult to get them it is. Kroger is buying all of these ancient derelict looking grocery stores that have been here for ages. I don't know the last time I saw a grocery store get built in my entire life, and especially not the 4 years I've been in Denver where the (metro) populations gone from (according to google) 2,656,000 to 2,963,000 since 2016. Of course like you've said well, I really have no idea what goes into the logistics of where or why to put a grocery store so maybe it really just is that low volume to them. I'm in the "Harlem of the West" neighborhood which is a food desert more by design by 1950s anti-civil rights planners than corporate profits unfortunately, although it may not be that reason any longer. Not saying that you don't know any of this it's just a topic I'm pretty passionate about and that a lot of people are less familiar with, so maybe some HN'ers will be interested. I wasn't aware of food deserts and how difficult they make peoples lives until I experienced living in one. There are really great coops that build therapy/education centers with farms that always need donations of time or farm work if anyone is looking for something to volunteer on. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=96ae7380fed14e47a6fb7ddd24f432bd&extent=-105.0160,39.7551,-104.9061,39.7961 https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=96ae7380... https://www.cpr.org/show-episode/food-deserts-what-are-they-where-are-they-and-what-is-colorado-doing-to-prevent-them/ https://www.cpr.org/show-episode/food-deserts-what-are-they-... And THIS! From our wonderful Kyle Clark, Supermarket merger could cause damage in food deserts -- There's a huge potential that these mergers will just cause them to close stores. https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/denvers-food-deserts-could-feel-impact-of-kroger-albertsons-king-soopers-safeway-merger/73-83c26c84-d7a4-4199-a543-1a7a1c9b40a9 https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle...