Inflation has made the cost of groceries more expensive, meaning even more families could be relying on these programs.
“Families are feeling a huge hit to their family budgets, not just in the cost of food, but also the cost of gas,” she said. “The feedback that we’ve received from families is this is just a great help.”
To pull it off with higher costs and supply chain issues has been tricky. Team members have had to shop at grocery stores in both Montgomery and Birmingham to meet demand.“In order to provide the amount of fruit required to be a reimbursable meal, it’s been a little bit difficult to get that amount in the fresh produce that we want to provide,” Davis said.
“They’re about to go from having their children’s meals at school go from zero to $2.75 each day for a lunch,” Davis said.
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