Mobile supermarkets in London
Where junk food rules, Food Access is bringing fresh vegetables.
As the Guardian puts it, “Fresh fruit and vegetables are so scarce in parts of London that mobile supermarkets have been set up”. London’s poorest areas have such bad options for buying anything but junk food that thirteen East London wards are considered “food deserts” by the Capital Eats study.
Other information from the study shows that 25% of London’s businesses sell food, but 4/5 of that food is imported into London…and London has over 30,000 acres of farmland! Presumably they aren’t counting Hyde Park.
Food Access buys the fresh food at New Spitalfields market, then sells through their mobile supermarket and at schools in the areas that need the food, with lower prices than in the shops to encourage people to eat more healthily.
