The doors are locked. The aisles are dark. And thousands of Black Kansas Citians now live in a deeper food desert than they did yesterday. Sun Fresh on 31st and Prospect, the last full-service grocery for miles, has closed, ending a decade of broken promises, empty shelves, and public dollars siphoned into everything but feeding the people.
On the front doors, a sheet of paper delivers the final insult: “Due to unforeseen circumstances… we are no longer able to serve the residents of this community.” But there was nothing unforeseen about this. For years, neighbors warned that without real investment in care, without treating food access as a public good, the store would wither. And now, with shelves stripped and doors shuttered, the warning has become reality.
But there was nothing “unforeseen” about any of this…