At the Grocery Retail for All Summit, hosted Dec. 13 at the George Washington University by the Global Food Institute, Food Systems for the Future (FSF) and GFI founder José Andrés, stakeholders from every part of the American grocery retail ecosystem came together to discuss the way forward for their industry.
"Today's meeting exemplifies how GFI wants to tackle the big issues in our food system. We aim to bring together scholars, policy officials, community leaders and practitioners to dig in on the important issues and to accelerate change," GFI’s Carbonell Family Executive Director Stacy Dean said.
The event also served as a launch for FSF’s new report, “Grocery Retail for All: Affordable, Nutritious Food in Every Neighborhood.” Aimed at identifying creative solutions to the persistent challenges faced by grocery operators in low-income communities across the U.S., the report highlights opportunities for innovation, collaboration, policy change and funding in the grocery sector, all focused on increasing grocery retail success and ensuring the affordability, availability and accessibility of nutritious food in every community.