Free Grocery Stores

It sure feels good when you’re ahead of the trend. In a December 13, 2024, article in The Washinton Post (How Free Grocery Stores are Easing Hunger and Fighting Waste), Karla Marie Sanford highlighted the evolution of free grocery stores from their roots in food pantries. Key differences between a free grocery store and a food pantry are the stores’ focus on dignity and choice, with language, policies, and practices that value each person. In this developing model, barriers to access such as income limits and employment requirements are replaced by an emphasis on seeing each person and meeting them at their need.
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The reason for a person’s need is irrelevant when you exist to provide access to healthy food choices. It’s right there in our mission- healthy food choices.

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