2. PRESENTERS
• Ron Fishman, Healthy Chelsea,
Massachusetts General Hospital
• Dimple Rana, Healthy Community
Initiatives, City of Revere, MA
• Melissa Walsh, Community
Engagement, The Neighborhood
Developers
• Kathryn Madden, Community
Development & Planning, Clark
University
3. NEIGHBORHOOD STORES & HEALTHY FOOD
Distribution Networks Local Retail Markets
Signage to Draw CustomersIn Store Presentation
source: VITA Health & Wellness, Stamford, CT
4. Hunts Point
(30 miles)
CT Regional Market
(80 miles)
REGIONAL FOOD NETWORK
Farms within 40 miles
Wholesale Produce
Markets
Imported
Food
Wholesale
Farms
Wholesale
Markets
Distributors
Retail
Markets
Local
Gardens
Table
source: VITA Health & Wellness, Stamford, CT; Chicago Metropolitan Agency
Retail Markets
UpstreamDownstream
Role of Govt./
Non-Profits
7. UPSTREAM: SUPPLIERS & DISTRIBUTORS
www.terminalmarkets.com/neweng.htm/; www.permanser.com/listingdetails.cfm?propertyID=284&pagetitle=Recent%20Transactions
N.E. Produce Center, Chelsea, MA
Famous Produce, Inc., Everett, MA
8. UPSTREAM: SUPPLIERS & DISTRIBUTORS
Chelsea Corner Stores: How produce is obtained
Source: Thorndike and Fishman, Corner Store Owners’ Survey
I pick up
67%
I pick up and it is
delivered*
17%
I pick up & others
pick up for me
8%
It is delivered*
8%
*Jobber
9. IN STORE OPERATIONS
Source: Thorndike and Fishman, Corner Store Owners’ Survey
Lack of turn over and need to cull produce
10. IN STORE OPERATIONS
Source: Thorndike and Fishman, Corner Store Owners’ Survey
New display tables and refrigerator units, Low Price Grocery, Chelsea, MA
11. IN STORE OPERATIONS
Source: Thorndike, March 2015
Visibility: Chelsea Corner Store A
BEFORE
Visibility: Chelsea Corner Store A
AFTER
12. IN STORE OPERATIONS
Display: AB Tineo Entrance
BEFORE
Display: AB Tineo Entrance:
AFTER
Source: Thorndike and Fishman, Corner Store Owners’ Survey
