A new study from University of Florida food economists has found that building dollar stores may create food deserts in specific city environments, while having no impact on grocery access when they enter other areas.

The study, authored by UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Food and Resource Economics Department experts and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, focused on one central question: When a dollar store opens in an area, does it ultimately decrease food access?

The answer is that in some, limited cases, it does.

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