Healthy Food Financing: Millvale Market – Millvale, PA

Millvale Market is a new corner grocery store located outside of Pittsburgh. Specializing in locally sourced fresh food and grocery staples, the business is the borough of Millvale’s first grocery store in over 20 years. Affordability is a key concern for owners Dereck Dumont and Jen Saffron, who were galvanized by the food insecurity exposed by the COVID pandemic to offer their moderate-income community a source of healthy food at a walkable distance. Beyond accepting SNAP, Millvale Market has also partnered with The Food Trust’s team in Pittsburgh to provide an additional nutrition incentive, Food Bucks, at its site.

Funding from the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative allowed the business to purchase and install 5 food merchandisers, including one each for produce, dairy, and prepared foods.