SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood has a new grocery store.

On Wednesday, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market became the first grocery store to open in the neighborhood in more than two decades.

Supporters tell the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/nXoMoV) more residents will now have the option of buying fresh food. The historically African American neighborhood has previously been considered a food desert _ an area with limited access to affordable produce and other nutritious foods.

Community leaders say some residents would have to drive for miles for those items, making it easier to turn to fast food.

Fresh & Easy is a unit of United Kingdom-based retailing giant Tesco.