MELROSE, Mass. – An initiative by the Department of Public Health in Massachusetts, the Mass in Motion Healthy Corner Store Program, is helping local convenience stores showcase their healthy food and drink offer for customers looking for better-for-you choices, reports WickedLocal.com.

Convenience stores in Melrose and Wakefield are participating in the program, which works with local operators to promote their healthy choices. “Participation is easy, and in many cases, stores simply have to reorganize and feature healthy foods they already offer. Healthy Corner Store Program participants receive help obtaining fresh fruits and vegetables, requesting healthier products from distributors, and accessing small business funding and services,” writes the news source.

Already a handful of convenience stores have begun to stock healthy choices: in Melrose: Shell (Nouria Energy), Common Market, Bob’s Market and Tower Plaza Variety; and in Wakefield: 7-Eleven, Circle K/Irving and Sunoco. Melrose and Wakefield are among 52 cities and towns throughout the state are participating in the Department of Public Health’s Mass in Motion program.