Cheap food and hunger: Here’s the impact of a local Walmart
“America has a love-hate relationship with Walmart (WMT), sparking debates about whether the giant retailer helps or hurts the country’s economy. It turns out that Walmart might be helping one segment that’s overlooked in the debate: low-income families who struggle with food insecurity, according to new research from economists at Georgia State University, Nairobi’s Columbia Global Centers and Samford University, and funded by the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Walmart didn’t provide funding.”