By SoCal SCLC
[Editor’s Note: Detroit knows about “food deserts.” The 26th largest city in the United States with a population of over 664,000, Detroit saw its last major chain supermarket close in 2007. Kroger has many supermarkets in the Detroit suburbs. In 2019 Kroger announced it would invest $97 million in two new stores and remodelling 11 stores in Michigan. It currently has no stores in Detroit and none of the new investment will be inside the city-limits.]
After three demonstrations and a fourth action that included a loud car caravan from the South L.A. Ralph’s Supermarket to the East Hollywood Food 4 Less, organizers that oppose the closing of 3 supermarkets in Los Angeles are taking a next step – legal action. The historic Civil Rights organization that was led by Martin Luther King – the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) – has played a leading role and will be the plaintiff in this call for the courts to put a halt to Kroger’s damaging plan