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PRCHN’s Darcy Freedman discusses impact of closing two Giant Eagle stores

Giant Eagle closings spark food desert concerns

ideastream: Darcy Freedman, associate director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, discussed the closing of two Giant Eagle grocery stores in the Jefferson and Buckeye neighborhoods. “These two Giant Eagle grocery stores created an oasis of food accesses within areas … where there is very little access to other healthy food retailers,” she said.