why are groceries more in poor neighborhoods more than any where else?

When subsidized farmers grow the food, and subsidized corporations fill the shelves, and subsidized people buy these products.... you have your situation. The prices are highest in the poorer communities, because our government uses poverty to funnel money upwards. They call this the "redistribution of poverty."

I'm sorry for your situation. The links I've posted should give you an idea, of how this system truly works.

In most cities in western Canada there are strict zoning laws that don`t allow certain grocers in certain places, and make sure that they are seperated by X distance also. Not sure how that plays into it all but it seems fishy. We have a lot of pricy convenience stores in the poorer areas not many in the upscale places.

From a business angle I need to say I would place my grocery store in a better area, more traffic, people with deeper pockets, safer for employees, and It is a rule of a corporation that you must do everything you can to maximize profits.

Basic economics. Stores need to pay their bills and they each need to be profitable.

A store in our city closed in 2010. It was in a poorer neighborhood. They had not had a profit in 7 years and lost $1 million in 2009. The neighborhood population had decreased and they could not keep such a large store open for such a small number of citizens.

Grocery stores are not charity organizations. They are businesses.

If this is such a problem for you, why don't you go and open a grocery store in the neighborhood? Lead by example. Talking about the problem does nothing but make you feel superior to the store owners.

In poorer areas. there is more shoplifting, possible robberies. If the store is not a huge chain store they get charged more for smaller quantities. We went to such a store in such a section and every time we left we were approached by pan handlers. you never know when they are going to rob you. We stopped going there and it was only 2 years later that this store went under!

Have you noticed what other business you will see on every corner in poor neighborhoods? Those juice-loan places......you know, where you can borrow $50.00 based on your upcoming paycheck, but when you have to pay it back, you now owe $150.00, and end up borrowing from paychecks well into the future, in a vicous circle.

It's EXACTLY as the poster above me stated.....to keep the poor, poor!

Wow Max, you saying that only people in poor neighborhoods shoplift?

This is market economics at play, resale stores cant afford to buy large quantities of goods like a supermarket chain, can. in turn they cant charge less.

The first answer is correct but there is another factor. Low income customers are more costly to process because they buy smaller quantities. It simply cost less to check out one $150 dollar basket than it does three $50 dollar baskets.

I was in the business.

That's how our economy works. Make the poor poorer and the rich richer.

This happens in liberal areas. The store owner has to make up for being robbed at gunpoint. If he isnt killed first

The merchants have to cover the losses from shoplifters.