# The PriceRite on Diamond Hill Road in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, is the city's only full-scale food store.

*business · news · 2026-04-29 · The Boston Globe*

## Key points

- Woonsocket has only one full-scale grocery store left due to restrictive property covenants.
- Stop & Shop and Walmart placed 25- to 30-year deed restrictions barring competitors from selling groceries.
- Rhode Island officials identified seven restrictive covenants statewide, some lasting up to 75 years.
- Rhode Island's proposed 2025 legislation would be the second in the nation to ban these covenants.
- Experts and the FTC say these covenants may violate antitrust law, but enforcement remains elusive.

**Companies:** Walmart, Stop & Shop, CVS, Ocean State Job Lot
**Countries:** United States

[Read the full story on The Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/29/metro/ri-woonsocket-food-desert-deed-restrictions/)

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