Inflation driving higher demand for food bank services
Inflation driving higher demand for food bank services
(NewsNation) — Food banks across the country are seeing increased demand amid record inflation that has sent prices for groceries including milk, bread and eggs soaring over the last year.
In Arizona, the Phoenix food bank’s main distribution center handed out more than 4,200 food packages in the third week in June, a 78% jump from the same week in 2021.
And in places such as Oakland and St.…