Commentary: Improving retail options requires a new game plan – Crain’s*

Mari Gallagher, "nationally known expert on neighborhood markets, food access, food security and public health": "Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration should consider a few municipally owned or nonprofit grocery options and a community engagement effort that uses existing carrots and sticks to set a new commercial tone that, over time, other retailers match. Some local independent food stores aspire to step up, but they don’t have the purchasing power of dollar and convenience store chains. Why not help them with a collective purchasing initiative?"