Peapod helps wash out Chicago's food desert

Scott DeGraeve, general manager at Peapod, said Peapod's focus is to reach families in the food desert with attractive values and good food. The long-term goal is to lessen the rates of diabetes, childhood obesity and high blood pressure in food-desert neighborhoods. Peapod, whose regular delivery service overlaps half of the food desert area, commissioned a study by Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting Group, known for its food-desert analyses, to find out where children are most affected by lack of access to fresh fruits, vegetables and other groceries.