No organizations track the number, but sources familiar with the situation and some of the remaining grocers suggest that fewer than 10 Black-owned supermarkets remain across the entire country. And the number continues to shrink: In the past two years alone, Sterling Farms in New Orleans, Apples and Oranges in Baltimore, and several branches of Calhoun’s in Alabama have all gone out of business.
In Chicago, food activist Sheelah Muhammad’s father ran a Nation of Islam grocery store that opened in the mid-20th century and partnered with Black producers to set up businesses to supply its food. But, she says, that fell apart in the century’s final decades as society integrated and people gravitated toward large, white-owned chains in a way that earlier generations didn’t.
Why Are There So Few Black-Owned Grocery Stores? | Civil Eats
Edit: It appears that the article is talking about full-scale supermarkets, not smaller grocery stores.
In Chicago, food activist Sheelah Muhammad’s father ran a Nation of Islam grocery store that opened in the mid-20th century and partnered with Black producers to set up businesses to supply its food. But, she says, that fell apart in the century’s final decades as society integrated and people gravitated toward large, white-owned chains in a way that earlier generations didn’t.
Why Are There So Few Black-Owned Grocery Stores? | Civil Eats
Edit: It appears that the article is talking about full-scale supermarkets, not smaller grocery stores.
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guess people wanted the white mans ice more 
, but trying to run a quality grocery store is always going to be a challenge the way things are in our communities. You'd have to have a big group, or an individual with big pockets willing to put in the time and money to make it work.
