Walmart Closures Leave Rural Food Deserts With Nowhere to Turn

How tariffs, monopolies, and delivery gaps hit small-town America hardest

On August 29, the Walmart in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, will close its doors for good. The company calls it an “underperforming location.” Locals call it a gut punch.

“People used to spend two, three hundred dollars a week here,” said one regular shopper who also runs a small business in north Minneapolis. “Now they’re just getting the basics. Maybe thirty,…