Stockbox drops pop up shop in parking lot

(Image: Stockbox Grocers)

While some us can easily walk to our nearest fruit and veg shop or supermarket, others aren't so lucky. A growing number of US city-dwellers live in urban food deserts - an area where there is a lack of affordable, healthy food within walking or cycling distance.

Stockbox Grocers is a new scheme set up to help alleviate this problem. Pop-up mini supermarkets are housed inside reclaimed shipping containers and will be 'dropped' into spaces around town - such as car parks. They will stock fresh, locally produced fruit and veg and other essentials such as bread, milk and pasta at affordable prices.

The scheme is in its very early stages, having just raised the funds (and then some!) needed through Kickstarter .

Their first pop-up grocery store is in Delridge, Seattle. Currently, if the Delridge community want some choice about what they eat they have to travel 45 minutes on a bus each way to reach some tasty looking veg. The Stockbox Grocers will change that. Dedicated to creating a community, encouraging people to go Easy on the Unseasonals and providing locally grown options to its customers, Stockbox Grocers isn't just loved and applauded by us, they have also won several awards and their passion for the project is unmatched.

We can't wait to see more of these shipping container vegetable shops opening up all over the US. Great work guys!

If you like stories about reclaimed shipping containers then check out all these cool buildings that have been made from them.

(Spotted on TreeHugger)

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