Why Grocery Stores Are Avoiding Black Neighborhoods
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- A food desert is an area with low-access to healthy and affordable food. About 19 million people in America live in a food desert, and it disproportionately affects Black communities. Despite nationwide efforts to improve poor food environments, many of the biggest names in America’s grocery industry continue to avoid these neighborhoods.
In the midst of a worldwide pandemic and raging protests against police brutality, there’s another silent crisis wreaking havoc on America’s most vulnerable communities: food deserts.
The USDA defines a food desert as a place where at least a third of the population lives greater than one mile away from a supermarket for urban areas, or greater than 10 miles for rural areas. By this definition, about 19 million people in America live in a food desert.
The lack of grocery stores in many poor, Black neighborhoods has been a big topic in public policy since Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign in 2010. The initiative was designed to reduce childhood obesity by providing better food in schools and by bringing healthier options to low-income communities using public and private sector funding. Another chief goal of the program was to eliminate food deserts in America within seven years.
Despite nationwide efforts to improve poor food environments, many Americans say this problem persists today. Watch this video to find out more about the country’s food deserts.
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Why Grocery Stores Are Avoiding Black Neighborhoods
I'm a 32 year old black man from the hood. I was a district supervisor for undercover loss prevention for 3 years. Theft and robbery are a huge reason why these stores don't want to come to black neighborhoods. It's a easy but very valid excuse to not want to get involved in our communities. I did my best to prevent theft in lower income neighborhoods. I had to quit because that job is getting way too dangerous and that job wasn't paying enough for the amount of trouble I had to deal with daily.
You know this comment makes you an uncle to or house n word according to democrats rite ?
But damn you are on point but no one admits it thank you for speaking out...
@Dennis Yen ohhhhhhhhhhhh I think that was tried at a concert once and it didn’t go so well !!!!!
@Dennis Yen Actually, the Hells Angels killing happened at Altamont, CA in December 1969 at a Rolling Stones performance.
Exactly people don’t want to look at the true reason,so easy to blame others.
Did you see Walmart got sued fo racial discrimination for locking up certain hair care products because of the extremely high theft-rate ?
California2018 and threatened with lawsuits in river head Long Island..
My father opened up a little store in Detroit in a not so good neighborhood. He was robbed 5 times in the 2 months he had the store open. He had groups of kids rush in and grab snacks and then run back out. He had grown men walk into the store and start trashing the place because they wanted to upload it to social media. The real reason people don’t open up stores like that in bad neighborhoods is because the people there don’t know how to act and take advantage of kindness.
I didn’t think this would blow up the way it did, First of all I want people to understand that a business can’t run off on losses. Second of all that business is what kept a roof over my head and kept my stomach full. So for all the people that would say things like reduce the price and give out freebies should seriously wake up to reality, my dad didn’t sell liquor since he didn’t have a liquor license. We did sell tobacco products but for everybody saying that my dad was a bad person because he sold tobacco products and liquor at the store you can literally get that stuff anywhere else. Another thing why would a small store need hired security, please explain because that makes no sense to me, Just be nice and don’t steal??? Yes we sold chips and sodas but just because we sold that stuff doesn’t mean we are tryna malnourish the population surrounding the store, seriously that doesn’t even make sense. We also had a small isle with fresh veggies which would almost always end up in the garbage and I know since I was the one that took out the trash so we were always at a loss. Opening the convenience store isn’t a act of kindness but the way my father treated the people that came was, even tho people would throw slurs at him, call him names and trash the place he never once got angry at people. He closed the store because he was always at a loss. But the way I have seen it ever since was that if those type of people knew how to behave in society and just not acts like fools there wouldn’t be these types of issues like food droughts and stereotypes.
Or pay money in exchange for goods.
SO true!
Only Asians are brave enough to open their stores in these neighborhoods. Props to your father for trying.
@@Zarozian believe or not, the real problem is theft from inside, employees in the hood. The majority of robberies related to employees, too. I used to own a corner store in Mayland for 10 years and pumped money. Theft from customer is nothing compared to the theft from employees based on my experience. It's lots of headaches having a business in the hood. I'm a Korean. Lots of korean owners I know left in the hood. It's not profitable like used to. And Koreans are not desperate like old times, haha. I see people from east Asia and Africa taking over most business in the hood now.
@@jayjayp4012 Most of these stores are family owned anyways so they don’t hire people in the neighborhood. Seems like the only group of people still willing to operate there are the Chinese.
As a black man in Minneapolis, I don’t blame the grocery stores, I blame the community who lacks accountability
There are no f****** communities You should simply blame n****** black males are f****** failures and they failed the assignment over and over and over again Don't bring everybody else into it Just say black males
Atleast your not like the rest blaming everything on anything or anyone except for themselves using the past as excuse not to succeed in future or playing the victims or being oppressed even though it was the case in past but not so much now or future
We all have a box to tick on every job application that limits the employment of wh*te people to the benefit of everyone else, a horrible ra*ist policy. Nobody else has that. Race has been cowed to incredibly, yet they're the ones who riot and destroy. It's quite insane actually
@@Darrengriffiths3197BLM promotes a very toxic mentality
Well said
It’s easy to blame your skin colour but ask why the stores are closing
High crime. I don’t need a 25 minute video to dance around this fact.
The stores are avoiding black neighborhoods because of rampant crime. No other reason.
No
@@MsEliteForever yeah
@@ViburaBlanca No
@@MsEliteForever ratioed
@@MsEliteForever yes
The stores didn’t fail the communities.
The communities failed the stores.
mom said it best ..." That's why we can't have nice things "
@@toxicdust2483 They are racist because unfortunately it is very tiring dealing with people who steal and destroy their property. Unfortunately those people tend to have the same skin color you do. It is not fair for them or for you.
@@toxicdust2483 lol funny how TH-cam gave an option to translate your comment to English
@@Hhhh22222-w Remember to go to school kids 😂
@@toxicdust2483 LOL
As a black person I suggest we stop shifting the blame and take accountability for the state of our community
Amen
Bingo!
Yes
Exactly, there not speaking nor exploring the fact that there is a high rate of theft and looting in urban retail areas, and at the end of the year, retailers tally up their loss and profits, when they see they have more losses than profits then they move on. That’s the real problems
They don’t realize instead of complaining they could be finding ways to solve the problem like starting community garden/farms or start growing food themselves in their front yard or back or in raised beds. It’s not hard to plant and grow fresh food lol
Love how the comments immediately know the real reason why stores don’t wanna come. Thats sad
It’s tragic because it’s true.
Because it’s obvious. As a business owner, you want your asset to be protected and profitable.
Denial is not a river in Egypt.
Of course, it is impossible to avoid or lie about, not when we all live it and basically none of the people are in a group that I have any accountability for or with.
It makes our Jewish political leaders seethe knowing the days of blaming white people for this are about over
They ask why grocery stores don't want to set up shop in these places while the camera shows a street where a building is vandalized. Major disconnect, I'm Black BTW! We live in a capitalist society, it cares about money, not race like what is being implied. CRIME is the reason! cost more for security, shop lifting, cost more for transportation (high crime, trucking companies are paid more), cost more for insurance. CRIME is the reason!
Ohenrico [17ACR] you nailed it right!
People can't handle the truth!!!
At least someone understands corporations are business not charities they don’t care about race is all about the money
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And one mile is nothing major I live 50 miles away from the major grocery stores i have 2 grocery stores 20 minutes from home but they are really overpriced
did i just watch a 30 minute documentary on "food deserts" and not hear a word mentioned on "theft"?... incredible...
Food theft + time = Food deserts
You have to be able to spell theft before you can mention it. We dint do nuffin'.
Mainstream media for you....
Seriously shocking. Like, do people really believe businesses wouldn’t want to make money from anyone with a pulse?
Political correctness
Years ago, people from a Black neighborhood pleaded with the city to have a supermarket in their area. Safeway and Luckys said no thanks, but a company called Fresh & Easy decided to step in and take a chance. They were like a Trader Joe’s. After a few months, they had to close down because of the constant theft. As soon as they closed down, people in the neighborhood were complaining asking why they had to close. Any sane company knows exactly what’s going to happen in those neighborhoods. They’re not in it to lose thousands of dollars on a monthly basis.
I bet they blamed WS and racism, huh ?
And sadly those same people call others racist for telling the real truth of the matter.
Now that pick up is an option for some stores I'm wondering if there could be a grocery store that is pick up only. That would eliminate in-store theft. At least from the public.
@@muffs55mercury61 Ignorant
@Billy B No not delivery. Pick up only meaning people have to still go to the store and go to a pick up window to get what they ordered online.
Looting, and shoplifting, the two biggest reasons a business shuts it's doors.
They oppress themselves 🤷
Targeted minority neighborhoods? No, the stores are the ones targeted. Why should they operate a loss?
Because something something raysis
I stop the video when i heard that. The stores went there to do business. And now that's things didn't worked out you're gonna frame it as the store fails the community. They lost money.
@@armandomontillero8379Truth ❤
She’s trying so hard to sound intelligent and articulate in this video and you can hear how difficult it is for her.
@@scratch3406 She sounds intelligent to me 🤷♀️ You can disagree with what she's saying (which a writer likely wrote) without disparaging her.
This is why we can't have productive conversations -- ppl like you throwing insults, which frankly, is a sign of low intelligence.
Do not rob the grocery stores and shops in your neighborhood, and you will have food security. Nobody can guaranty food security if you make your neighborhood unliveable. As simple as that.
If we open business market in blakc they accuse us racist bully exploit black if we don't then blakc accuse other Asian immigrants are bigot bully hate not live play work do business with blac. Can't win these idiots.
Not just steal and trash but free food for poor people. Businesses need to make money, if they can't they leave.
@@Vacillate-v9e Exactly. They're not charities.
et's make a long story short the truth is they look at your neighborhood is no good it will never be any good they even bring it in illegal immigrants move them past black people black people you always going to going to be a target in and the United States you are a target look at how the president is hip and those illegal immigrants bringing them into United States give it a free housing free housing free welfare fair but the president never said anything about those neighborhoods the stores are closing in sometimes I think it will be better if we get on China and Russia side secreted and the next strike is black people need people need to stop stealing and I don't think that's the answer you have most of this nation they just don't like black people no matter what you do and one more other thing I notice russia China most of the Eastern Country it is beginning not to lack United States
When the smartest person in the neighborhood has an IQ of 85, it’s going to be hard to stop violent idiot behavior
Until people start being honest about what the problems really are. Nothing is going to change.
Well, the REAL problem is poverty itself. When white people stop going out of their way to KEEP black people poor, they'll do better.
@@blackSUAAAVE If that helps you cope, keep telling yourself that. It won't change anything but that's not what you're trying to do. If you enjoy being a victim, have at it.
@@stephaniegormley9982 - So, you're saying there is no such thing as racist white people anymore?
Ok. I'll say that there are no more killers in the world. There are no more rapists in the world. There are no more child abusers in the world. So on and so forth.
You wanna act crazy with it?? Let's go crazy with it.
@@blackSUAAAVE That's not what I said. Stop putting words in my mouth.
@@blackSUAAAVE If your blaming white people you either do not know what the truth is, or you choose to be a victim. With an education, and hard work. Anyone can succeed. Everything else is just an excuse.
I’ll save you time, it’s theft. Why risk you employees, property, and profits for a community that will not accept responsibility for bad behavior?
Taking responsibility is at an all time low in the Black community.
@@FlashyfinancierAll their poor decisions are the fault of whites....because they were enslaved....well, their ancestors 200 years ago were.....but it is the same thing....
@@Flashyfinancierwas it ever high?
@@tbmb9531 no
Grocery stores have a formula for leaving an area: theft > sales = leave
Shannon Hyde woah. I didn’t even do anything and I’m being told my life is worth less... damn.
@@shannonhyde5571 First sentence I agreed, the second sentence made me think you have a brain tumor. As a fellow white I think you deserve to lay with the dogs in hell. Take a break from the internet little boy or girl.
@Eric P that's true. Safeway refused to hire my brother because he's "not what they're used to and he seems "sketchy" we are both just 17, a lot of them are racist. That was here in Arizona.
stop the theft and go online and make that nation wide
wonder how theft happens
They're mad at supermarkets for closing in impoverished communities. That's like kicking a dog for years and blaming it for running away.
I like that analogy
That's a perfect analogy.
That is a great analogy
Actually they need to burn and eat that dog, mega stores don't last or do anything positive for black communities.
@@KnightPoetic b8
Not once was anything mentioned about loss prevention. Shoplifting, robberies, lack of parking lot security and rioting have turned most urban areas into food deserts.
So a Dollar Tree can afford theft but a grocery store can't?
@@derpmansderpyskin no business can afford theft. I would never ever open up any kind of business in areas who aren’t appreciative. People go where they are mostly appreciated. If they truly cared about their neighborhoods, they would push to make sure businesses stayed instead of running them away. I say let them suffer. Sometimes you have to wallow in your own mess in order to get the point. I believe in teaching people valuable lessons. The same way they said F those businesses is the same way those businesses said F them.
@@derpmansderpyskin you should watch the documentary on dollartrees taking over towns like this on vice. Its very interesting. Honestly dollar trees are killing supermarkets more than theft.
@@derpmansderpyskin yes.. items in the dollar store cost pennies and have 500% markup. A quality cut of beef or fish costs $30 to $100 dollars to feed a family. The profit margin along with spoilage & refrigeration make supermarket profits very slim.
Oh yes...don't talk about the reasons....oh yes...
The “community “ is the problem. Not the stores
Is this the same reason so many rural Americans have no grocery stores or hospitals?
@@nancyiajyes
I’m black, grew up in a food desert, and understand fully why businesses aren’t attracted. Stop it people. 😂
Ikr, it's insane.
Yeah, the store owners do not want to get robbed twice a day! Very simple!
Hmm
Why so?
The “I’m black but” fallacy is always the best way to spot the ignorant
It’s the high crime rate. Saved you 25 minutes of propaganda. You’re welcome.
No penalty for theft = No reason to open a grocery store
Thanks I never watched the video.
It's not though. It's also just that poor people don't have buying power and insurance/banking system will be happier taking on a "tech" company with a fake product operating at a loss for a decade before it goes under and the CEO takes his golden parachute than a store.
@Marc Detail where's the black wealth?
@@SoulDevoured Noone innately has buying power, thats the whole point of buying power.
We aren't stupid. Any business owner with a brain won't operate in a area that isn't profitable or unfavorable.
You're a business not a charity.
And risk being shot. Trust me we run a shop in Johannesburg.
@@chocolatefaerie that's why I generally dislike cities like JHB man. The crime is mad and the SAPS are useless.
Even Charities won't open up there. You know a region is f777ed when Salvation Army deems it too unsafe for their volunteers.
Exactly what a white supremacist Trump supporter would say.
@@rajeshroshan2877 it's a pity I'm a black South African then. Did you actually even read my name or your just commenting? You don't have to be white to know what crime is.
CNBC should venture into opening a grocery store in one of these deserts and report back on their findings.
Best comment!!
can’t, their camera equipment would get stolen
Wooooooo! Bingo!
That would be awesome!! Hahaha! CNBC would close up shop after a year!
Haha great idea!
So, tell me again why any SANE business would open a store in an area that almost guarantees that your store will be robbed, trashed and your employees put in harms way?
Ignore the facts. Just blame it on racism and call it a day. That is what the people in power have done because they do not want to point out the emperor is not wearing any clothes! If they did they would loose their jobs and careers. This is America 2021 where you cannot state the obvious.
@Roberto Vidal Garcia learning about history involves reading. That's hard for many of these people in comment section.
@@the0ne809 who cares about history when you got a Walmart around the corner
@Roberto Vidal Garcia I'll give you the 'racism did it' argument. And then what? Pulling the 'racism' victim-card will not solve the issue of food-desserts. Only way to solve it, is from within the communities that keep robbing and trashing any new store that opens.
Or are you suggesting that we need to force store-owners to keep their stores open, even when it is at a financial loss and at a risk of their lives and livelihood?
The reason food-desserts exist in the first place, is because of the behavior *within* the communities. Sure, we can explain this behavior by looking at history. But the only ones able to change this behavior are the communities themselves. It's actually fairly simple: stop robbing and trashing the hands that try to feed you.
@Roberto Vidal Garcia I understand what you are saying, and up to a certain point I agree with you as well. However, what I fail to see is how me (or anyone else) paying 'reparations' is going to fix anything in this particular situation.
As for the "clean up your ancestors' mess"-argument: Just because I have a white skin-tone, does not mean any of my _actual_ ancestors were involved in slavery. The British, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch were the primary slave-traders when it comes to slavery in the Americas. Yet there are a lot more people with white skin-tone then just the descendants of these 4 countries. A lot more. Asking people to pay reparations simply because they have a pale skin seems like...well...racism to me. And solving racism with more racism seems counterproductive.
The corner stores in these neighborhoods have their employees conducting transactions from behind bulletproof glass and you're wondering why larger retailers avoid those areas.
Even then they aren't safe
The Asians and Arabs who work at these stores place their lives in danger daily. Black people have to do better.
Blacks cannot "do better"
And stop calling them "people "
Until crime in these areas is brought under control, it will be impossible to accomplish anything else. A committed effort to eliminate dangerous crime in these areas is necessary. That means years of dramatically increased security efforts. That would make economic growth possible. Nothing else is going to work. The streets need to be cleaned up for the primarily law abiding residents. Crime cannot pay or it will continue and drive business out.
@Eddie Davis The question in my mind is why this is not mentioned anywhere in this video? Why did they avoid addressing the obvious and most glaring problems that people who live in these neighborhoods face? Who does this help?
I lived in a food desert. I can’t blame the grocery store not opening in neighborhoods where customers on a regular basis are going to steal.
Even if they steal it's a fraction of what's sold.
And well cameras and guards are here for that.
All supermarkets may have shoplifters, shoplifting is a small issue.
And if you can't arrest any shoplifters then it's just your shop security that's wacky. There'll always be a few stealers in any supermarkets, and people if they don't have supermarlet nearby will just steal a bit further...
And they will come to steal...and many people both shoplift and steal.
@@hmidou386 yea when the security guard you hired try to stop the thief they get shoot in the head. So who will try to stop them?
@@hmidou386 you don't know what you're talking about so STFU.
@@jdenino6022 Tell me.
@im energy from god We have equal chances. Do we?
You cannot call it a "Food Desert" when it is actually a "Crime Hotspot"🃏Call it what it is.
Didn't you know? Telling the truth about their bad behavior is "racist".
yes, there should be no stores in these places, a very bad business decision.
It's a law desert.
Crime hotspots exist because the police/DEA refuse to go after drug dealers. They make one big bust as if this will stop the flow of drugs into these communities. If they did a better job of shutting down drug and gun distribution spots, then crime would go down. It's unfortunate that drugs are distributed on the DL in some communities but in others illegal narcotics bring down an entire neighborhood, creating a food desert, but you can't call it a drug desert. Some of these dirty, lame grocery stores are used for money laundering. Not hard to figure out when most of the fresh produce is rotted.
criminal hotspot, lol. 100% 13/60
I dated a lady whose brother managed a grocery store in the hood. Before they finally closed down they were losing $300,000 a year to shoplifting.
Why not have virtual grocery stores on-line with local pick-up? Avoiding the theft issue altogether (except for inside jobs-employees),
@@bernardbeaudreau7330 That particular grocery store now does but not everyone wants to online shop. At another store...same chain...I watched some white guy roll up to the self check-out with $200 worth of roasts, then ask the cashier assisting at the self check-out for a carton of cigarettes thinking he would leave his post and retrieve them from the far end of the store. When the cashier yelled for someone else to get them the guy just abandoned the cart and walked out. The plan was to lure the cashier to leave his post then bolt for the door. I asked the cashier about it later and he said it happens all the time. As a friend says happens all the time at the grocery store where his son works.
Dang, 300k no wonder the chips and soda never goes on sale.
Just get more cameras [Probelm Solved]
They should come out and declare to the neighborhood why they were leaving. Some Honesty Would be Appreciated! No more blaming racism.
Taking responsibility is at an all time low in the Black community.
i like how nobody had nothing to say to this comment because theres no denying it
@@geph13 i agree. Its pretty self explanatory 🤷♂️
maybe BLM should sell a few mansions and build a few grocery stores in these neighborhoods.
@@SaraWilliams-ph9yn good idea
@@SaraWilliams-ph9yn All the black celebrities, NAACP with Sharpton and Jackson could step in and contribute.
Once upon a time, there was a store called Alpha-Beta in a predominately black neighborhood.
It was losing money due to theft and robbery. Then one hot summer the community decided to have a riot! Every store in the area was looted. Then the fires broke out and The Alpha-Beta store burnt to the ground. Fast forward a decade and the people in the area were demanding a new Super Market be built. It never happened! Any ideas why??
Because they don't like food no more?
Redlining.
@@Beamshipcaptain and you wonder why they never take you seriously.
@@Beamshipcaptain If it is going on it would be understandable.
Bcuz other lives matter?🤔
LMAO😂🤣😅.."demanding"
Anyways, You're story is very familiar to what happened in the city I'm at.
There was a town-hall like meeting where big business owners and local leaders of "them" type got together discussing what kind of things can be done to improve "their" part of the city.
One of "them" local leaders was like "Why don't yall open up a shopping mall (at a certain area of town)?
Without even a blink, one of the big business owners was like "Why? So yall could consistently steal from it?"
There was practically smoke coming from that lady's weave😂🤣😅
Don’t beat around the bush. Crime. At some point tough conversations need to be had, it’s not always “racism”.
There is a family dollar in my area. when all the employees quit at once, the place was robbed.
I’m black and I live in a “black” area and I don’t feel safe going for a walk for a workout. Can you blame people and businesses for wanting to be in a safe and profitable area?
that was easy.
Please move sis and be don’t ever look back. It’s not safe
preach... they need to act right....
SO TRUE IN BLACK AREAS WALKING IS VERY DANGEROUS 🙏🙏🙏
@@sharmainetheblackbarbie8126 She may not be able to afford it.
Insane that a woman cannot walk in her own neighborhood, safely.
It's wrong.
I remember a story a few years ago about a man who was shot while robbing a convenience store. His sister was furious at the store owner and when asked about the fact her brother was robbing the store at gunpoint, she said "you're getting robbed, oh well". That attitude that theft is okay is the reason most stores will not open in these neighborhoods and most insurance companies will not cover the ones that do.
The fact is that they keep condoning criminal behaviour from their own people, and yet are surprised when people fight back
Oh Andrew, there you go with that logical and reasoned thought syndrome. We can't have any of that sort of thing going on around here, now can we? Not to worry, the political correctness thought police will come by shortly, followed by an extended stay at the re-education camp to cure you of this unfortunate, but treatable mental condition.
I remember that story too. If I recall he also raised a gun at officers before he was "neutralized." I remember thinking how does 2+2=187 that she could even have the nerve to get on camera and make that statement without an ounce of shame?
That's pretty much whay started the LA riots. Same stuff.
Not only theft of products but potential assault on store employees and customers and let's not even mention murder when someone gets killed!!! Can these people understand the risks for businesses to take just to make 1 cent profit on a dollar sale of product?!!!
There are no 'food deserts' in the Hispanic, Vietnamese, or Indian areas in my town. They are thriving. It's the African-American part of town that can't seem to get it together. You can't blame this on racism or poverty any more.
Exactly. It is a cultural issue. A culture of perpetual victimhood and entitlement. We live in the US. If you want a grocery store, open one yourself.
There’s a lot of theft
@@incelproud2670 no. eugenics is immoral and evil.
This is part of the broken system that Black, brown, and poor people must navigate. I am not supporting thefts, snatch and grabs, etc. yet, poverty and food deserts didn't just happen overnight. This is by design and not an easy fit.. We have to continue asking why what happened and what can I do?
@@nsightguru , it is a black issue because the hispanic comunity grow their own vegetables, it is not hard, buy some seeds that cost 1.95 mix the dirt with good soil make a hole and drop one seed on each hole and cover it and water it and voila you get your carrots, strawberries, zuccini, onions etc etc and also in the hispanic comunity they get together and open up a grocery store gear for them, go and enter to a el mesqute mexican grocery store, they even have a mariachi music and pinatas hanging...DON'T WAIT FOR THE GOVERMENT TO OPEN STORES, IT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO WILL DECIDE WHERE TO DO BUSINESS AND IF THE ENVIRONMENT IS BAD FOR THEIR BOTTON LINE WHICH IS MAKE MONEY, THEY WON'T COME...
You can eliminate food deserts if you stop stealing from the stores that have located there
When a neighborhood store owner find themselves FORCED into putting cashiers behind plexiglass and bars, FORCED to live with graffiti on the facade of their store, all while fearing for their lives due to the high volume of crime, pan-handlers, theft, drugged-out hoodlums and with NO police support; they will inevitably be FORCED to shutter the store and leave it abandoned because they are not going to find a buyer that will invest in that location. The store did NOT fail the community, the community failed the store and it's purpose. Not surprisingly, ALL these reasons are conveniently not mentioned in this piece.
You're probably racist.
Like Detroit
I like your words, “The store did NOT fail the community, the community failed the store….” “All these reasons are” NOT ONLY “conveniently not mentioned in this piece”, but they are deliberately ignored to bring out the wrong cause.
You might as well not post these reasons. The poor are in denial. They see discrimination.
Of course they're not.
Hmmmm wonder if burning down black owned businesses over the summer helped attract more people to set up shop
Absolutely. I'm skipping with glee at the prospect of opening up shop in a warzone. I now just have to narrow down my selection. Should I place the business in Syria or Detroit?
@@manictiger --I was going to suggest Portland but that would be REALLY stretching it !!
@@manictiger you have better chance of making money in syria than any ghetto neighborhood here.
The gas station where I get gas was robbed. They robbed the store and shot the store attendant. It’s no difference than being driven out of the neighborhood at gun point. It’s their way of telling the owner that it’s their neighborhood, and they don’t want you there. So it’s not businesses are that choosy, it’s more like the neighborhoods that are chasing the businesses away.
I lived what you're saying and you unfortunately are correct!
Blame the parents
That’s a poor excuse and certainly have been proven to be wrong wrong wrong. I don’t know anybody who has robbed a store yet food desserts have been around since my grandmother was a child. Sorry to break it to you but there isn’t much criminal activity going on except homicide from mass poverty.
@@24POWERS If you could pick anywhere to have a store why would you pick a location full of impoverished baby mommas and other welfare recipients? They don't have much money to spend, theft is high, panhandlers are everywhere and the neighborhood is violent. Yeah, sure. Every smart entrepreneur is interested in supporting your fantasy by putting his money and time on the line.
@@SephirothXRA It's a positive feedback loop.
The comments section is more enlightening than the video itself
You got that right
Businesses don't "avoid" areas, they open stores in areas where they expect to make max profit.
That's why manufacturing left America and continues to do so. American labor makes their products less profitable.
@@tyronegooch5251 don't forget taxes and the government regulations
They do avoid areas and there are many stores in retail that don't make a profit. Before Covid 19, most big city downtown stores did not make a profit. Locations like Fifth Ave New York. Michigan Ave, Chicago, LA stores in downtown areas. Those stores loss money for years but were justified as marketing expenses. More cache, more brand credibility, more shopper demand is how it was viewed. Grocery stores and general market stores like Target, Walmart and once Sears and JCPENNEY had stores that loss money to but management saw that as protecting their competition from getting the space and growing their market presence and syphoning off sales from their stores. Think of capitalism like a football team. There's offense, make money good locations. Then there is defense, stop competition from moving onto your side of the field. Basic blocking and tackling. So all these decisions arent just about make money per location decisions. Also, many time growing cities or areas will use incentives to attract businesses. Tax breaks, free land, training, free money. . Elon Musk has gotten around $5 billion in government subsidies. Is that true capitalism - no. And he gets to keep all these stock value gains from those subsides. Add in the government subsidies for electric cars to make them affordable for consumers to purchase, is that true capitalism? The government could do the same for groceries store retailers but poor people aren't well represented politically. Regarding avoiding areas, I once did hotel development, we avoided profitable areas because of personal discomfort with the area. The boss calls the shots not numbers on a spreadsheets.
They do avoid areas. They often close profitable stores in old neighborhoods to open new stores in redeveloped or new neighborhoods. Albertsons did that a few years back in California.
@Zazoo Kluk Can you point to anywhere that I blamed China for our problem?
The lady said that no one chooses to eat unhealthy is where I realized these people don’t live in the real world
Exactly if you offer me a plate that has garlic, green onions, broccoli and celery and another plate that has crappy pepperoni pizza you know damn well I'm going to choose a pepperoni pizza just like most Americans
Exactly. It's as if they put in a fruit and vegetable stand there it wouldn't go OUT OF BUSINESS
For real
@@brijesh50 yup KFC
I had a Korean friend who had a grocery store in such a neighborhood. He got robbed and abused so many times that he just gave up
I don't blame your friend at all!
When an Asian gives up things are bad
Just not worth your life and energy dealing with those PEOPLE.
He didn't give up, he saved his own life by leaving that dangerous area.
@@JesusBrownAsianMansOriginAsia yes
I’m so happy to see the comment section make more common sense than the “news.” Really shows how people aren’t buying the bs anymore.
BLM has confirmed that George Floyd was just jogging though 🤷♂️
Vote for me, I'll help u blame others 4 ur mistakes
Yes, indeed. People are tired of this.
Nobody is stopping Oprah or Lebron from investing in black neighborhood grocery stores. You should ask them why they don't. You'll get the real answer.
No you won't. They will lie and lie some more.
@@eitkoml exactly. Silence is deafening
That's the same thing I'm saying where are the celebrities athletes black
Lebron already heavily invests in the black community. Do some research and you will find out how.
Why is it when there is any plague upon the Black community this same small group of narrow minded individuals bring up Oprah, Lebron, Kobe, Tyler Perry, Jay Z and Beyoncé wanting to know why they are not helping? These celebrities literally assists with millions of dollars annually. When there is discomfort in the lower socioeconomic White community, city council begins to find ways to rectify the problem. No one asks where is Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Donald Trump, Elon Musk or Taylor Swift...stop thinking that this small group of well off Black celebrities need to be our saviors. Our city council need to advocate better for the Black community and to do the job they were elected to do.
My cousin worked at a Kroger's in a black neighborhood and we got into a discussion recently about why it was forced to close. He spent most of his time painting over gang tags on the side of the building and razor scraping them off glass windows. When he wasn't doing that he was chasing down handicapped motorized carts that had been stolen and found nearby stripped clean of their motors, expensive batteries and accessories. The store had to hire one uniformed and 4 undercover cops a day just to keep ahead of shoplifting, stolen SNAP cards, wallet lifting and purse thefts, not to mention the worst counterfeit bills ever made on a cheap printer. It came down to it not being cost effective to do business in these neighborhoods without raising their prices out of the reach of their intended customers to absorb their losses. And before you accuse me of being racist, my grandfather is black as is my cousin that I spoke to.
AMEN THATS SO TRUE I USED TO LIVE IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD ITS VERY DANGEROUS EVERY TIME YOU STEP OUT SIDE IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH SO ITS REALLY A HIGH RISK TO DO BUSINESS OF ANY KIND IN BLACK COMMUNITIES 🙏🙏🙏
@@devintaylor8702 Stop shouting.
@@devintaylor8702 stop lying u don't live where u are saying about u are those people that says I am not racist I have black Friends but can't name one
@@francisnwadike9505
I think it's a cultural problem, not racial, but it makes you wonder WHY such high crime occurs around black, urban areas?
Why is unwed parenthood, gang banging, and drugs glorified?
@@rdred8693 a lack of self-respect and pride in their neighborhood. No self control.
I work for a major beverage company. I helped in Michelle Obama's initiative in opening a Walmart. I saw extremely high theft daily. The store stayed open for about a year and a half then closed down; strictly due to loss control.
not surprise.
I agree, my brother worked for Walmart for several years, he said that there so much theft. Many people threatened him because he was simply doing his job, thieves could be anyone from little kids to criminals. I feel bad for the people who actual follow the law and provide for their families
Glad you mentioned it cause no matter what it aint nothing but thieves who ruin things in that area of business
These mainstream reporters are worthless, shameful really.
@@lastshallbefirst5516 do you do anything besides complain? Is that going to Improve your life? Are you expecting someone from the comments to feel bad and fix your problems for you?
I work for a large grocery chain. They don't go to certain areas because the theft is so high, it doesn't make business sense.
Not once did I hear "high crime neighborhood" or "shoplifting" or "looting" in this article. Boggles the mind!
You are “required” to fill in the blanks.
The far Left (I'm a moderate, voted for Obama twice (and Jerry Brown 4x)) has taken over the Left on racial; matters. I know Native Americans that bike to work to Amazon (where hiring standards are very low.)
@double burger with cheese Baloney.
Good comments, now connect the dots, find someone who makes these decisions ( where to invest) . Get them to talk, find some memos…anything otherwise you just get written off as racist.
@@johnsarab4500 The modern Democrats are represented by the left, the far left, and the extreme left. Virtually all of the moderates are Republican. No moderate would ever vote for Obama, much less twice. No moderate would ever vote for Jerry Brown either. Jerry Brown is downright horrible.
The Democrats were hijacked by the New Left in the late 50’s. They actually started comparing Eisenhower to Hitler. The first member of this New Left to gain any traction was JFK, who turned out to be the 2nd worst POTUS ever after Carter.
The Democrats are every bit as racist, bigoted, hateful, and sexist as they have ever been, but they have changed tactics. They’re still playing identity politics. In the past they scared the white Democrats into believing that racial minorities (specifically black) were coming for their jobs, homes, and even their women. When overt white racism became unpopular they switched tactics and started to scare black Americans into believing that white Republicans were out to get them and would put them back in chains.
The Democrats were lying both times of course, but many people (especially on the Left) are ruled by their emotions. Lie to them often enough and they will believe it.
C'mon now...you really are trying so hard to not use words like _theft, robbery or arson_ in low income areas.
AAAH HA HA HA HA HA AAAH HA HA HA HA.... AAAAAAAH HA HA HA HA HA.... SO DA,MNED TRUE, SHE'S AVIOIDING THOSE WORDS LIKE THE PLAGUE.
Why when they could use the race card here! It's their get out of jail card!
Oh, she's not trying hard at all, she's just NOT saying those words mentioned above, because if she did, then her narrative would vanish. Her question could be answered in less than 15 seconds... because those neighborhoods are violent, lawless and unprofitable. End of video!
I only watched this to see how high they'll go to cherrypick.
It's NBC. They called the rioters "peaceful protesters"
I worked in a all black store two months and it was the worst experience, customers were constantly rude everyday all the time, very hostile and they are super racist. The worst experience I've ever had.
I am Waycist and I am a Bigg It and that mindset has kept me alive and safe.
Blacks are racist?!? Can't be!! Hahaha
White people put black people in ghettos kept all the money for themselves u would have attitude to
Sorry that happened to you.
@@kim_fd8938
Always a victim aren't you?
Getting an education, being married before having kids, not valuing violence, are all acting white aren't they?
I could barely understand your gibberish too
A 25 minute video explaining why big grocery chains don't locate their stores in black communities, yet most folks including those who live there ,can tell us in less than 25 seconds why no store that has to sustain profitability in order to exist can't open there.
Like this was some big question. Everyone knows why.
Very true. These are businesses who are owned by people.
I lived POOR across the boroughs of New York my whole life with all kinds of people. My worst experience by far was my two years living in the Bronx. It’s not even the daily robbing that’s the worst part, it’s the narrative: these criminals justify their crime based on their hatred of non-black people. “It’s okay to rob white businesses, because they’re racist. The Arabic and Asian cornerstore clerks are all racist, look at how they look at us.” Maybe everyone is looking at you guys like you’re robbing them because that’s literally what you do.
yup they justify their crime and then blame everyone when it goes downhill. Truly a disgusting mentality
Shocked that Susan Diane Wojcicki allowed you to post this comment. She bans most of my comments.
@@endoradarling5766 To say you’re shocked suggests you see something inherently wrong with my comment, which I’m not seeing.
@@calvinmitchell8462 I see nothing wrong in your comment. I'm just shocked that youtube would allow it. Susan does not like wrong think. :)
Stating the truth about FBI crime statistics tends to be a bannable offense. Speaking the truth in an era of lies & propaganda is a bold statement.
Every sane person know the right answer.
Sadly true.
you can’t help people who just don’t want to be helped especially if they don’t have the same skin color as them. i
Blackdogsmatter Imagine being a “Democrats r da real raycis” boomer conservative
@Blackdogsmatter Republicans fill their pockets too. I mean look at the example of We Build The Wall all of those donations were being misused owners were pocketing from conservatives
Very deceiving comment
when i worked in a grocery store in a rather affluent area, both my bosses were transferred from a very sketchy location. One was robbed 3 times in a 8 month span walking to his car and started carrying a gun while at work. the other was a woman and was almost kidnapped in the same parking lot. the store was off the charts with stealing, loss prevention couldnt keep up. The store had the highest employee turnover because nobody wanted to work in the part of town where you might get held up at gunpoint taking your 15 minute break. the store closed and the employees merged into other stores.
its not easy to maintain a business in this environment....
Black neighborhoods: we need jobs!
Also black neighborhoods: nah man I dun wanna work in no goddamn Walmart.
AMEN THATS RIGHT ✅
I worked in a grocery in the inner city for nearly a year during the recession. I never saw such things at all. I’m prone to believe most of these stories are purely trumped up racism. Whereas, as soon as I moved to a suburban, conservative area, recently, I saw boarded up windows back to back with the cashiers telling me there were smash-and-grab robberies recently in broad daylight. I couldn’t believe it because thieves would be executed on the spot in the inner city… and they know it, so it doesn’t happen there. But lo and behold, that’s actually what they do for good ol fun in the “nice” area. The hypocrisy really broke me down when I saw it with my own eyes. I’d have never known.
@@Mark-vn7et Black neighborhoods: we need good paying jobs. Working at Walmart only makes you ineligible for the only medical benefits you qualify for, and leaves you ineligible for assistance after 100% of your low wages go to rent and you have nothing left for food, transportation, clothing, or an emergency. Racism sure makes people calculate their neighbor’s cost and benefit in an odd way. 🙄
@@HabitualLover so basically you are saying you think democrat run big cities are where all the racist are. Not the south that somehow shoulders all the blame for the problems of the black community. I live in Mississippi where over 30 percent of the population is black. We live in harmony and never have any real issues. There are some problem areas but nowhere near what people say. Basically the smaller the town and the smaller the government the better off black people are. Just get out of those hellhole big cities
"Why are there no grocery stores near me?"
"Today, a flash mob of fifty people raided the local CVS, stole thousands in product, did hundreds of thousands in damages, and hospitalized three of the workers"
You didnt answer the question :) lol
Here in Florida I worked for a high tech company that provided retail stores with all the computer systems in their stores. I drew the short straw and had to install the equipment in a store opening deep inside a "black area". I had to be there for the store opening and within 5 minutes there were four neighborhood people at the service desk screaming every profinity ever uttered at the white girl because she was unable to cash a check for them because of insufficient funds in the account the check was drawn on. Similar abuse was heaped on various clerks, black and white, throughout the store for for numerous minor inconveniences throughout the day. That night I was sitting in my car updating my reports for the day when a security guard came up to my window and told me I must leave the parking lot because all security was leaving for the night and if I remained there after they left I would be in "grave danger". I left and finished my reports in a safer area.
That store had been opened under a "Enterprise Zone Program" to help businesses open stores in "depressed areas." The day that the Enterprise Zone requirements were fulfilled the store was closed because it was never able to show a profit from day one, losing thousands every day because of "shrink" (theft). The location remains an empty, vandalized building.
Thanks Mr. Albach, but we all know that liberal journalists don't care about common sense.
Sad! These communities need to develop themselves!
Listening to BARBARA BOXER, JESSE JACKSON, FAT AL SHARPTON will keep black people in bondage.
@@starcatcher3691 never going to happen, no matter how much free stuff we give them they will always be the way they are.
I assumed that the organization did a study first, before approving the..."Enterprise Zone" program.
Crime + shoplifting = no store
It's just simple as that
black people + media= gas lighting
Lol black people.
Summarized it pretty well.
Exactly. Businesses aren't running a charity and aren't going to operate where they will lose money and deal with constant crime.
I worked for a retail store years ago where I would spend time in the different store locations. The store locations in or near the black neighborhoods were constantly getting robbed, shoplifted had customer/employee confrontations and hightened liability claims. The other locations had all of these issues periodically but they were nowhere near the amount of times as the black neighborhoods. That's just a fact, I lived it, I saw it and I dealt with it for years. It was just something you knew to expect when someone in my position went to those locations for a few days. It's really just a cultural effect of those areas. The profit margins and liability can't overcome those factors. No one ever talks about culture. They just see race and color and blame racism when the business leave or don't come.
Don't leave out the 'loot and burn down the stores every ten years' part.
True that. I used to work on retail and worked in the different store locations as well...
You do realize by posting this comment we will CANCEL you now. Muwahahahahaha
@@emsnewssupkis6453 I was going to add that. You beat me to it. I'm sure something like this is in the back of the minds of every corporate executive of grocery and convenience stores. Look at what happened in Baltimore with the CVS store there during the riots a couple of years ago. Watch this to refresh your memory. th-cam.com/video/PE6NKdXg1yI/w-d-xo.html
I too have worked in high level management in grocery stores and you didn't mentioned the fact that when these companies do open up in our neighborhoods they offer in inferior products and selection... For ex one company I worked for would send old inventory including product to black neighborhoods and still charge full price the fact remains that just because you live in a certain area doesn't automatically make you a less savvy shopper or deserve a inferior product versus no products at all...
They aren’t avoiding black neighborhoods. They’re avoiding high crime areas.
The correlation isn’t the grocer’s fault.
If such stores would be viable, members of the black community should open them.
They should see it as an opportunity.
I live in a rural food desert. It never occurred to me to blame anyone.
Worked for a retail chain for six years in a white suburb. Transferred to another store (same retailer) that was “hood-adjacent” to help improve that store. Three weeks later, I gave my two-weeks notice. Communities get the stores they deserve. If that sounds harsh or racist, then I suggest you go shop both stores and see for yourself what goes on.
Agree with you..
Exactly, hood people don't know how to act
The stores in your neighborhood is not all that great either. You get what you deserve.
@@jamberry8026 The store in the poorer area has insane shrink numbers and is trashed on a daily basis by the customers. Customers try to pass counterfeit bills there every day. if people don’t respect stores in their own communities, why should they stay? Ultimately, this is a problem that can only be solved within the community itself. But nobody is stepping up, they would rather complain about being victims than solve the problem.
@@marktroup2978 Go, and take those bloodsucking slumlords with you!
Grocery stores leave low income locations because of theft. You can’t stay in business if your profits are walking out the back and front door and not going in the cash register.
Just like our Tax money ,no real accountability where those trillion of Dollars go , they sure not going to building new school or better hospital in the poor area .
You mean income, its become profit after cuts by costs
So build Super Walmart in those poverty community , they alway do well and give the community their needs and provide jobs .
@@jseahmed2432 How do you know that they do welll are you an accounting executive for them
True
Every corporate grocery chain in America would love to open a grocery store in black neighborhoods. When they do, they are shoplifted out of business. I've seen it happen over and over again. Money is green. They don't care who hands it over to them.
When parents care more about teaching kids not to steal from walmart then walmart will have reason to stay in the area
my man said "extreme geographically concentrated social disadvantage" instead of just "poverty".
got to tiptoe around it, better yet avoid the whole discussion.
Lmaooo
@@touchmeoverlord2767 They always walk around it, wave their flag and mindlessly salute
Must be tough being a red pilled anti flag fan
@@homerhat420 What are you talking about?
Sis we all know why they don’t want to be in our neighborhood 😂😂 stop trying to blame others
Someone needs to do a skit about this.
Thumb up their butt (literally), "gee, I can't figure out why businesses don't want to open up shop in Compton. It must be a race thing. Yep, that's what my producer is telling me, it's definitely a race thing. In other definitely not fake news, China's Covid deaths have reached a world-record negative 57,000! That's right, Covid is impregnating women and making them give birth to 57,000 new people! Back to you, Tom."
Lol this made me laugh too hard.
@@manictiger 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ms Dickinson, but the media said it was Trump's racism that is causing this. How can you say something different?
@@fisterhr She must be an infidel.
You all really trying to pretend that crime, vandalism, and rioting aren't factors. Wow....just wow.
Are you really trying to pretend that you and your parents before you haven't been brainwashed into believing this narrative?
@b52gf16c no of course not … My argument wasn’t saying it doesn’t happen … What I said was not all blacks steal … Being that I don’t owe you specifically or anyone an explanation . I’m not the spokes person for an entire race of people …
Would you like to explain rioting and destruction of property on January 6th? Would you like to explain Tulsa Oklahoma, or Rosewood Florida ? Or can we stop there ?
@b52gf16c how many businesses, period were destroyed by whites ? Plenty
@@lipglosslover83 If you were stolen maybe it's time for your to be returned to your rightful owner.
@@petervanderveen2340 Unfortunately, there’s a very strict no return policy on stolen goods or persons … FYI I was born here .. not that any of that’s your business… I said what I said..
Grocery stores are avoiding high crime neighborhoods.
Add to this topic, another one that needs to be addressed in the black community. I taught at the university level for years. Some of my brightest students were from poor minority neighborhoods in Houston, Texas or Dallas, Texas. One of the eye-opening discussions they had with their classmates was that they couldn't go home and speak "good English," or they'd be accused of selling out to "whitey." So, they admitted, they spoke one way at home, and another in the classroom. When or until many in the black community stop defining education as part of "whitey's world," and instead, acknowledge that it is one of the best ways to escape poverty, they'll have the same problem addressed in this video. The problem isn't that there isn't access to grocery stores; it is that there USED to be stores in these neighborhoods, and for valid, economic reasons, they had to leave. And the idea that "Wal-Mart" was taken away is just wrong. It was driven away, more like, by enormous losses.
Police policy is no hiring anyone above a 24 IQ. IF you call police and they show up for loss prevention they laugh. What they will enforce is a no hands policy on shoplifters. The store will weigh their options of shutting down or passing the costs on to you and your groceries. This is a policy issue. This is all coming to a store near you from a homeless crisis. When you turn into a refugee to a new community, you will most likely continue to vote for this policy. When police brutality is systematic from a guy running around with a 24 IQ. Break down of law and order is systematic as a result of the same policy. Its all rooted in policy. This is the microcosm of the store. There's a larger Macrocosm that creates a situation where the shoplifter and looter exists in the first place. Where he doesnt have a wallet full of money and feels content. And this shouldnt be interpreted as a race issue either. We're all equal and any attempt to solve it as a race issue just changes the race of the people looting and robbing your stores.The homeless community is a racially diverse community.
Immigration is supposed to solve an upside down population pyramid based on age, under the presumption that immigrants will be a net benefit to contribution of society. Most immigrants are a net benefit to this issue as they seek employment. But this is a issue rooted in our societal constructs, where anyone entering our society will eventually succumb to it(age, unemployment, drug addiction, disenchantment with labor issues etc.). There's a second inverted pyramid. Koyaanisqatsi. A life out of balance. Koyaanisqatsi allows for positions of power for corrupt and low intelligence. In that way Kamala Harris is right when she says dont come here. It's only a temporary benefit until you succumb to our societal issues. Ironic that Kamala is the daughter of immigrants. China doesn't face this issue. They constantly attempt to root out corruption in politics and pacify their population of civil unrest. They declare themselves a true democracy where the organism takes precedent over the cell. They declare our democracy broken where the cell takes precedent over the organism. In the sense our society is designed to benefit only a handful of the ultra rich. Koyaanisqatsi, when your tax money goes to benefit the federal government employees and the corporations that lobby them.
WILLIE LYNCH SYNDROME STILL IN EFFECT 500 YEARS LATER!!! ITS A DAMN SHAME!!!
@@gantz4u Since you subscribe to Serpentza you must know China is one of the most racist and corrupt governments on the planet.
I keep blaming the black culture for the demise of the Blacks. I had the same problem with my culture so I just had to move away.
Stores can't make money when so much is stolen from them.
@Mary Magdalene Etters I haven't seen the Canadian stories. Where can I find them? It'd be nice to see what other countries think. I do watch DW Headlines and am surprised sometimes how far we have fallen in others eyes.
The mainstream media in America doesn't like common sense to undermine their daily message of everything being the white man's fault.
Two words, THEFT and CRIME. Worked near Flint, MI for 24 years. Meijer off Pierson Rd closed. As a customer I would see people blatantly walk out without paying for product. I heard from a store manager the store at one time was losing 1 million dollars a year. Kroger closed 2 stores in northern Flint. Customers getting held up in the parking lot and product walking out of the store. Not to mention the employees getting held up going to and from work.
That sounds awful
"inventory shrinkage" is indeed the biggest problem.Grocery stores already operate at razor-thin margins and goods walking out the store destroy their profitability. And the employees are often the biggest offenders. Additionally they have become magnets for muggers, carjackers, pickpockets and other low-lifes. A sad situation indeed. When I pass by the local WalMart, there's almost always a police presence because of illegal activity.
This documentary is not even addressing these issues you stated, not honest at all.
@@lawrencemarocco8197 So part of what you just said really offends me. Employees are often the biggest offenders?
In my experience employees hate the fact that customers steal with impunity. Employees also are the first to turn management onto potential customer thief's and internal theft.
Have I seen employee theft? YUP! Does it match what customers steal? No it does not!
I hate the fact that employees are viewed the same way thief's are!
Here is someone going to work for minimum wage and the are automatically considered a thief.
HEY! Welcome to the team!
Yes and where were the police ? Most likely at the other end of town because the city management cut back of police funding to please the civil rights leaders protests. Of course there are some police officers who are abusive. It's a result from putting up with too much crap. Cut backs, bad press looking to anger folks to generate a failing subscription base to increase papers sold, cops being pushed around by idiots who have no jobs and pay no taxes from an illegal source of income. Many officers just quit, further reducing public safety. All because of a national / state government who does not want to admit they screwed up with crime laws, court cases ( about one third of people behind bars in state prisons should not be there ) welfare, unemployment and the training and funding of police and federal agencies.
These thugs destroy everything they touch. Stay away.
Now show us all the CNBC journalists that live in black neighborhoods.
sample size (n)=0
Entry level journalists make 30k. Trust me, they know these areas all too well.
They showed all of them in the first Zero seconds of the video.
@@jareda.1353 I was like go into debt to be a journalist. I like writing. Nahh rather get shot at, US MARINES!!!
That’s a good one I needed a good laugh
A close friend of mine opened a small grocery store in South East Dallas three days before the grand opening and one day before the antitheft cage arrived some one stole the copper coils from the AC a month later an oak farms driver was held up at gunpoint. One year later after an internal audit it was discovered that management had been skimming money and that cashiers where skip scanning product for friends and family. Two years later the store closed and my friend was bankrupt. This wasn't corporate greed the community screwed itself and financially ruined a good friend. Needless to say I drive eighteen miles to shop at Costco. I like this bubble I live in I protect it where and when I can.
Don’t ever feel ashamed for being in your bubble. Your family and your safety comes first.
Liberals need to learn this.
Small business is so screwed in America. I know that's a trite and bland comment...but it's accurate.
Good for you, but my Costco is less than 2 miles from me. Just as Sam's Club and Super Kroger, and Target and Joe V's are too. My bubble is in Texas somewhere and I will not tell!
@@watermelonhead4941 Liberals don't WANT to learn anything unless it's from another liberal.
I used to work at a grocery store. We got robbed almost everyday by every ethnicity. BUT African Americans used to be so bold about it, that they walked out with carts full of groceries. Literally walked out
Hmm...why does that NOT shock me....
@Dennis Yen Maybe a bag of chips or some fruit. A whole cart of food? Hell no
@Dennis Yen that's easy to say when they don't have to eat the expense
I saw a 35 year old white male stuff his back pack full of toiletries in a Dollar Tree in a mixed neighborhood on Lyell Ave in Rochester NY... I followed him to the front of the store and called to a black woman mgr and cashier to “ stop him .. he is stealing .. his backpack is full of items “. They gave me a BLANK STARE and did not follow the man - thief to enforce the theft. I guess shrugging your shoulders “ so what “ is the norm. The manager does not own the store and neither did the cashier. All 3 stole that day.
@@tommaika9121 Stores usually have policies telling employees that if they try to prevent someone from stealing they will lose their jobs. Don't blame them. It comes down to risk of injury and lawsuits and insurance.
When ppl act as animals, no matter what race, how can any business survive and still provide for the ppl?
So even cities where the mayor, chief of police and school boards are all black this is an issue?
I am having a problem with the "1 mile" thing. ... What you can't move a mile to get food!
3 miles without a car, that would anoy me. But 1 single mile... get real!
@Kiki Thank you ..
White supremacy, racism, racial bias, lack of funding, corruption, gentrification, and the history of slavery all work to undermine any efforts that cities with black people in power have to make their cities better. Like, you know fixing an issue takes decades, right? And money? US states all barely have enough money for infrastructure as our tax dollars are going to bail out corporations instead of fixing bridges. So when a city has even FEWER tax dollars due to the population having a lower income and paying less in taxes, how do you expect them to magically fix the city?
@Kiki wow, that's racist
@Kiki u ain’t black white people dont cook and they don’t know how to cook
Because they don’t want to be robbed blind, have their stores trashed, and put up with the total rudeness and disrespect to employees. Don’t blame business blame the despicable behavior of the people living there.
Thank you for your direct blunt honesty. Yours is the most concise accurate answer to the original question.
Or have their stores burned to the ground during one of their temper tantrum’s.
Totally agree
7:00~ This is the mentality that is harming the VERY community for which she is ostensibly standing up. They feel wronged somehow, claiming that it’s the city’s responsibility to bring food to their neighborhood. They even expect farmers market to be set up right in the middle of their community…with no regard to the lengthy history of theft and violence.
@@nondescriptnyc Lmao that kinda made me think about when she said they needed to replace the absent store, I just thought *"so that there's still a store to rob & vandalize?"*
In South Sacramento, you see a lot of grocery stores in Vietnamese neighborhoods with lots of cheap fruits and vegetables which employ a lot of Asian and Latino workers. Local community members need to open their own stores rather than rely on giant corporations.
Yes, only mom and pop grocery stores can open in these neighborhoods, as high loss due to theft and low margins in a impoverished neighborhood would prove too risky for Grocery Chains to open. Then again Asians do not want to open stores and risk life and limb in these neighborhoods anyways.
@@designexplainedllc346 If theft and "low margins" are a problem then all companies should just close since they have a chance of being robbed.
Unfortunately people in these communities are either too underfunded themselves to attempt this or can’t get approved for a loan
@@justsomecommie2638 well no it’s in the numbers. And the numbers say that Walmart’s in those communities get robbed the most. I used to work there and their security system is scary invasive. They had cameras that could read the text off your phone. They have their own algorithm that’s sorts it all out. Numbers don’t lie
@@justsomecommie2638 Amazing logic. You have a chance of being killed every time you leave your home. I guess that means you should never leave your house.
One reason! Looting, stealing etc…their own communities caused this. In all the looting videos on TH-cam I have not seen one person stealing fruits and vegetables.
This should inspire black entrepreneurs to build and open their own supermarkets. Do for self.
Anyone can open up a grocery store, they don't have to be black.
That looks like work!
@@awesomeone2979 Segregation for sure!
@@awesomeone2979 Lol we gonna back-track 60 years or somethin. CNBC is being racist, but you're being racist here, unless you're joking somehow. If it's supposedly easier, then you'd self-segregate. Segregation makes it _illegal_ to mix, which means that you can't even if you want to. If we want freedom then we can't have laws that limit us.
Black entrepreneurs aren't stupid.
Or if someone is dumb enough to open there, they will understand after a while why and then close down. An expensive lesson, but still a lesson.
im a black woman from the hood and i CANT with this video. the whole tone of the video and the people speaking? they purposely portrayed us as very sad and as if we cant help ourselves and appareantly we cant. why cant those neighborhood moms teach their sons not to rob the store if its there!? why cant the neighborhood put money together and buy a store together?!. why not work harder???
that women is just like “this is my problem, here you have it”. damn i cant stand that. why are you STILL waiting for the white man to come save you???
20% OF ME HATES YOUR BLUNTNESS BUT 80% OF ME FULLY UNDERSTAND AN AGREES WITH YOUR REASONING.........
why do you have to lie about your race ? seems kinda untrustworthy…
@@rich763690 100% of me likes her bluntness and agrees with her reasoning. Why can't I as a white person feel safe stopping in a black neighborhood and getting gas or going into a convenience store? When I'm on a road trip and I get off the highway and all I see is black people I get back on the highway and try another exit. I'd love not to be afraid of you but I am.
Lol . .
@@lisa9867 Nobody cares about your feelings.
does anyone really need an explanation why businesses dont wanna deal with these neighborhoods? walgreens has given up, and simply closes their stores in these war zones, the ignorance of blaming others for this happening is astounding
I’m black and grew up in South Central Los Angeles…..I don’t blame any businesses who neglect the area. I wouldn’t want my business there either. 😂
Two years ago, during the height of the George Floyd protests, our local CVS pharmacy boarded up its windows. We're in the nicest neighborhood in our area, in a practically rural environment, so we thought, "What on earth are they doing? No one is rioting around here." Then it dawned on us--CVS was boarding up every store in Los Angeles County, and we're technically in the northernmost part. We just laughed. So, don't "assume" that all neighborhoods in a "bad" area are the same.
@@charleshawk6668 as a younger black woman im completely divested from the black community. And im dating a white guy who understands, we’ve made the decision to not raise our kids around them at all. Period
@@charleshawk6668 im tired of the victim mentality and hive mindset of black people. No i will not be a democrat, no i dont have to date inside my race, no i dont think every white male is a r@cist, and no i will not blame everything on slavery.
@@trxphywaifalt Good for you. 👍🏻😊
Theres basically a shortage of White grocery store owners willing to get stolen from 😢
There is a Chinese saying "殺頭生意有人做，虧本生意無人做" There are people that will engage in a business that involves killing, but there are no people that will engage in a business that involves losing money.
Oof
Clever
Must be referring to the Russian mercenaries clearing a path for China.
@@Beantastrophe Biden is slowly creeping into bed with China
Coincidentally no other group in the world contributed to chinese businesses the black Americans with over 8 billion a yrs, we spend more then any group of people in the world.
Not every inequity is racism.
@M Detlef that's because these people were already raised in a poor neighborhood. Different mentality.
When you buy something you pay for it. Why is that so hard to understand ? Some stores in my city went out of business because they were eaten alive by the shop lifters. This country is sociologically challenged.
Their logic is "Dis food grown by oppressed Persons Of Color so I deserve dis."
Nah dog I think they're just hungry
@@sashathered582 Is it that bad?
I'd call it morally ambiguous
@@hankhicks1108 lol meanwhile there's probably some white man blowing out his back al day to produce said food🤦♂️
This video should be about as long as it takes to say "heinous amounts of violence and theft."
Don’t destroy the stores in your neighborhood! That’s why companies won’t invest in these neighborhoods!
That's too obvious and logical . . .
Yes, there it is right there. Costs too much for shop owners and large s-market chains to operate in troubled areas.
Dude! That sounds like something a white supremacist Trump supporter would say.
I have an idea, how about all of the Hollywood actors and Pro sports celebrities in America start investing in these neighborhoods...similar to what Magic Johnson did but at a bigger scale. If it is about "helping the poor" let's see how long they can go losing millions of dollars giving away everything they have earned. Oh, I forgot, no, they don't want to lose their money. They want the government to force the rest of us to foot the bill with higher taxes. Sorry, my bad.
@@SynthoidSounds well I’m not effected by this phenomenon. The food in my neighborhood isn’t the best and it’s pricey. So I drive to the predominantly white area to get better food and better deals. I’m noticing that others are doing the same.
Why doesn’t the insanely wealthy sports figures from these “food deserts” become investors? Why, because they don’t like losing money either.
They are smart enough not to throw their money away to a losing a future business when the Neighbor hood crack and Welfare rats need money.
Exactly my point, they don’t want to lose money! Losses from extreme larceny,theft or shoplifting will break any business.
You got that right
Cause they left for a reason, can’t be around people who hate to see you succeed!
Nah. Too busy whining about how they're being "hunted every day" 😃 th-cam.com/video/sLYHi4ZOWkQ/w-d-xo.html
As a black man, the issue isn't with the grocery stores, it's with a community not taking accountability
Taking responsibility is at an all time low in the Black community.
talking like that will label you as a black trump supporter, smh.
@@DisHappah yup. He has to be careful. Telling the truth is a dangerous business
Exactly, but when the community is run by females (esp liberal black women), a lack of accountability becomes the standard.
Democrats have removed that accountability from them.
im a black woman in chicago. walmart left because of theft. its just not worth it.
I think they were afraid to mention the actual cause. These stores suffer unprecedented theft and vandalism, losing millions of dollars a year. When the owners have had enough, they pack up and leave a food desert behind. What can the locals do? Don't steal and don't trash the place.
lol asking the "urban demographic" to not steal and not trash things is like asking a fish to not swim. There literally doesn't exist a single place on the planet that's majority blk that *isn't* covered with trash, overgrown lawns, and utterly unmaintained houses.
Have you, like, SEEN Africa?
Oh, they’re not “afraid” to mention these things. They’re deliberately and malevolently creating a false narrative
How do you know stores are being shoplifted,Bob?
@@jeromewade4110 The merchants tell us.
@@jeromewade4110 its obvious.
There is a huge risk around shop lifiting, gang related violence, arson and riots. The root cause of all of that needs to be addressed first.
Exactly
Hillary and her husband addressed that, I thought, hm?
the root cause is poverty, whose root cause is insanely low wages
@@bikeshop2002 which explains all those food deserts in west virginia, right?
@@catspaw3815 aside from two of the reasons op stated being made up, how is it not poverty?
In fact other stores exist fine.
Part of the issue is wages, lack of support for housing, lack of support for education, medical care ect.
None of business people even stated any of those reasons for closures.
It's simple..when you deprive people of something for a long time, they essentially don't know how to use it.
Part of it is better public transportation.
Classes, either for adults or kids.
Or running it nonprofit.
Oh, companies with low profit margins and easily stolen merchandise don't want to do business there? If only we could figure out why...
Berkeley is working on it...Ha...
Even dollar tree won't open in these places. So you see dollar general there, instead. Charging 2.50 for a 5 cent item. That way, when "certain people" steal a shirt full of stuff, it's like stealing a dollar.
Blame everything on everyone else except for the people who live in these neighborhoods.
OH REALLY? Meanwhile, Mario, a Hispanic Business Owner in Las Vegas who has been serving BLACK AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES for 20+ years just had the opportunity to EXPAND his Market, in an HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN LAS VEGAS. So when I see RACIALLY CHARGED STATEMENTS from people who swear they're educated and not in the least bit racist, I've got to pull the receipts out. Because what you're not going to do is DISRESPECT or INSULT MY COMMUNITY. Maybe you should learn a little more before you make such bold statements. OH AND, A BLACK OWNED GROCERY STORE IN NORTH LAS VEGAS recently opened their doors and THE BLACK COMMUNITY is grateful! The BLACK COMMUNITY show up daily to support them. OOOOOOOHHHHHH AND, they double as a Food Pantry, further serving the SAME BLACK COMMUNITY WHO ISN'T STEALING FROM THEM 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁.
I'm a black man and this is absolute nonsense, its actually embarrassing that we allow ourselves to be used like this. Why not see it as an opportunity to invest in your communities and open up your own grocery stores.
Shop lifting and litter....
Because "whoa is me" sells better....
r/asablackman
That is basically it.
@Sequoia Edwards.. I think you meant 'woe' genius🙄. No surprise though. Ignorant comment with incorrect spelling.
The REAL reasons for the food deserts are accurately described in the majority of the comments.
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Is sickening how its everyones fault but not the ones who live in that community, no wonder the problem is not getting solved
Why say such words
@@stevenblackburn6345 Why would you even ask that question?
@@stevenblackburn6345 Because they're true?
@@stevenblackburn6345 facts don’t care about your feelings. Some people are just blind to see it’s their fault.
I am black. And I hate to say it, but a lot of this is our own fault. I remember back in the 1970s, a black man opened a local grocery store. But the blacks in the community would not go to his store; but rather, they went to the nearly all-white store a mile and a half up the street.
Ultimately, that black man had to close his store.
And then 5 years after the black man closed his store... the white store closed up shop, and moved to the suburbs.
Stop complaining when you steal so much