Candy v kale: healthy food comes to US corner stores in fight against ‘retail redlining’

A movement of entrepreneurs in US cities is bringing healthy food to neighborhoods hurt when policies create food deserts

When Samantha Pounder and Hannah Choi imagine the shelves of a corner store, they see fresh aloe and kale instead of the usual sugary, shrink-wrapped confections and salty snacks.

It's a vision that will soon become a reality when the pair open Muki's Market in Washington DC, one of the newest additions to a growing movement to supply big city food deserts with healthy corner stores.