McKinney | April 2023

More residents live on McKinney’s west side, which has attracted traditional grocery stores, such as Walmart and Kroger. Meanwhile, the east side has fewer residents, who are also low income, according to ocials. This contributes to the lack of big grocery store chains, which has attracted community-based groups to the area. Feeding McKinney

GROCERY

Albertsons Aldi

H-E-B* Kroger Market Street Sprouts Farmers Market** Trader Joe’s Tom Thumb Walmart Supercenter Walmart Neighborhood Market WinCo Foods

What is a Food Desert? These regions of the country often feature large proportions of households with low incomes, inadequate access to transportation, and a limited number of food retailers providing fresh produce and healthy groceries for aordable prices.

75071 Population: 36,090

Zip code:

75069

75070 75071

75072

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REDBUD BLVD.

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PEARSON AVE.

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THROCKMORTON ST.

El Ranchero Supermercado Historic McKinney Farmers Market La Michoacana Meat Market Patel Brothers

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HOWARD ST.

OUISIANA ST.

75072 Population: 54,446

GREENVILLE RD.

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Community Food Pantry Community Garden Kitchen Community Lifeline Center First Christian Church McKinney First United Methodist Church La Tiendita

75070 Population: 74,734

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75069 Population: 34,108

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ROLATER RD.

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if you’ve got more people there who are buying, obviously, then you’ve got a greater potential for landing one of those retailers,” Schneible said. Grocery store demands Grocery stores are independent retailers, and their ocials choose where to open based on how well the business can operate, Schneible said. The development corporation works with city ocials to try and *COMING SOON **COMING SOON ON US 75 AND VIRGINIA PARKWAY SOURCES: CITY OF MCKINNEY, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURECOMMUNITY IMPACT

turn to nontraditional food suppli- ers, such as El Rancho and nonprot organizations. City ocials are limited in how to attract traditional grocers to the east side. Grocers can apply for grants and chapter 380 incentives, according to city ocials. Retailers look at trac and popula- tion to determine where to open. Many larger grocery chains make upward of $50 million in sales annually at a

given location, while smaller retailers make about $20 million. An analysis of McKinney’s east side shows the poten- tial for $4 million a year, said Cindy Schneible, McKinney Community Development Corporation president. One way to entice a grocer is by increasing the area’s population, Schneible said. “With more multifamily [hous- ing] created downtown, which will expand the probability for success

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rides her bicycle to the pantry for gro- cery essentials. As the closest food supplier to her, a trip to the pantry is easier for her than a trip to Walmart north of US 380. The west side has seen grocers, including Kroger, open on Lake For- est Drive in 2019, and HEB is slated to open this summer, while eastside options are limited. Many residents

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