On January 3, 2025, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited by Grocery Drive:
Located on Alabama Avenue SE in Ward 8 of the city — a food desert in part because of its lack of supermarkets, according to the D.C. Policy Center — the Ahold Delhaize banner store reintroduced the Healthy Living Center during a grand reopening event on Dec. 10, 2024, which Grocery Dive attended.
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Additional reading: Food access in D.C is deeply connected to poverty and transportation