Pritzker eyes new stores to help combat food deserts

Pritzker eyes new stores to help combat food deserts

Gov. J.B. PritzkerAshlee Rezin /Sun-Times file Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the second phase of his multipronged approach to eliminating the state’s food deserts on Tuesday morning at Chicago Market, a co-op grocer in Uptown.Pritzker’s Illinois Grocery Initiative, enacted last year with a bipartisan vote, initially offered up $3.5 million in grant funding for local grocers during the Equipment Upgrades Grant Program. Applications for the progra…