A few interesting numbers here, bug the last item (below) is certainly true in the local area (food deserts).

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/significant-digits-for-tuesday-dec-8-2015/?ex_cid=538twitter

"Food deserts — areas without supermarkets where fresh, healthy food is scarce — were a major target of first lady Michelle Obama’s nutrition initiatives. Still, in the past four years, only 1.4 million of the 18 million people living in a food desert got a new supermarket."